Söderåsen National Park

Söderåsens is a Swedish National Park in the historic province of Skåne in today Skåne County. The National Park is located about 30 km from the city of Helsingborg in the same hills. The National Park is the 27th National Park of the country. With a founding date of 2001, he is among the youngest Swedish National Parks.

Geography

The park has a size of 1,625 hectares and covers the municipalities of Klippan and Svalöv. The landscape is dominated by high plateaus and up to 90 meters deep valleys. From the highest point of the park, Kopparhatten, one overlooks the deepest rift, Skäralid. Geologically, it is at the park making up the ridge to a nest. This was created by a raising period before about 70-80 million years ago. The prevailing rock is granite.

Nature

The area is characterized by deciduous forests, on the high plains, especially of beech, on the slopes of the valleys also birch, oak, rowan and join Linden added, dominates. Due to the rugged, inaccessible landscape, the forests were partially retain their primeval character. Due to the many dead trees ( dead wood ) there is a rich insect occurrence with many rare beetles. One example is the belonging to the family of narrow- bucks Anoplodera scutellata. Of these populations will also benefit a variety of bird species. An appreciable flowering plants, for example, comes before the Pretty Columbine Meadow Rue, which reaches in the park area one of its northernmost distribution areas.

History

In the area of the national park there are traces of early human use of the area, how to find field boundaries and stone walls. This comes in part probably from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Show maps from the 17th century that the entire ridge was covered with beech forest. By using as pastures for cattle, goats and pigs, however, developed in the 19th century an almost open forest free landscape, especially in the valleys. Only the forests on the steep slopes could survive this intense period of use virtually unaffected. Already in the 18th and 19th century, the area was known as scenic and was also easier accessible to visitors with the construction of a railroad in the late 19th century. The protected status in 2001, the objective is pursued the southern Swedish Horst landscape with its unique vegetation and valuable nature and culture to obtain.

Tourism

The main entrance to the park is located in Skäralid where an exhibition in naturum reports on natural and cultural history of the area. The park offers several hiking trails on the access to the area is possible. The Right is limited in the park area, the fires as well as camping is possible only at the marked points. Continue to offer 2 free overnight cabins sleeping. Fishing is allowed only with a permit and only in the lake Odensjön.