Nationalpark Skjern Å

The Skjern Å National Park spans 24,500 hectares, including 16,000 hectares of natural land and 8,500 hectares of agricultural landscapes across Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality.

Minister of Environment Troels Lund Poulsen designated Skjern Å as a national park in 2008, but plans were suspended in 2012 and restarted by local municipalities in 2018.

The park incorporates two Natura 2000 sites covering 2,300 hectares around the restored Skjern River and Skjern Enge, representing Northern Europe's largest nature restoration initiative.

The national park extends along multiple tributaries, reaching Ganer Å, Bundsbæk Møllebæk, Dejbjerg Plantation, and continues past Sønder Felding to Arnborg in the east.

The park contains Denmark's largest heathland, Borris Hede, measuring 5,000 hectares, and features Denmark's only dynamic river delta system.

Location: Herning Municipality

GPS coordinates: 55.91670,8.41106

Latest update: March 5, 2025 15:11