Heritage Municipalities

The project of incorporating cultural heritage as a distinct asset in local planning and development holds great potential, as demonstrated by the results of activities in the four heritage municipalities of Haderslev, Hvidovre, Hjørring and Aalborg.  

The Heritage Municipalities Project was launched in 2005 by the Heritage Agency of Denmark and the Realdania foundation for the built environment, following a survey of the nation’s attitudes to its cultural heritage which was conducted in 2005, that is, prior to the structural reform. In December 2007, the findings of the four selected municipalities were compiled and publicised.

Heritage municipality project 2008-2010

In March 2008, the Heritage Agency of Denmark and Realdania each allocated DKK 2 million to a new heritage municipality project. All of Denmark’s municipalities were invited to submit an expression of interest in participating in the continuation of the Heritage Municipality Project, and after shortlisting, four municipalities were selected.

The Heritage Municipalities 2008-2010 are: Mariagerfjord Municipality, South Funen Archipelago (a joint undertaking between the municipalities of Faaborg-Midtfyn, Ærø, Langeland and Svendborg), Halsnæs Municipality and Vordingborg Municipality.