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23-520: The flat and fertile moraine landscape between Roskilde, Køge and Copenhagen was since the Middle Ages known as Hedeboegnen or simply Heden ("The Heath"). The name was merely a reference to the flat and open character of the landscape at a time when much of Denmark was covered by forest while it was not covered by heath in the ecological sense of the word. Villages in the area included Fløng , Kallerup, Baldersbrønde and Marbjerg. A road had since

46-501: A mire may occur where drainage is poor, but usually is only small in extent. Heaths are dominated by low shrubs, 20 centimetres (8 in) to 2 metres (7 feet) tall. Heath vegetation can be extremely plant-species rich, and heathlands of Australia are home to some 3,700 endemic or typical species in addition to numerous less restricted species. The fynbos heathlands of South Africa are second only to tropical rainforests in plant biodiversity with over 7,000 species. In marked contrast,

69-690: A field at Kallerup in 1869. The vast recreational area Hedeland has an area of 15 square kilometres. It is home to a wide selection of recreational facilities, including a golf course, a kart circuit, a vintage railway, equestrian centre, amphi theatre, ski hill and fishing ponds. Hedehusene is served by Hedehusene railway station which is served by regional trains between Copenhagen and Ringsted . Travel times by train are 20–23 minutes to Copenhagen Central Station and seven minutes to Roskilde . The Holbæk Motorway (M11, part of Danish national road 21 ) runs north of Hedehusene and has exits at Baldersbrønde and Fløng. Hedehusene's main street, Hovedgaden,

92-526: A new roof with cross vaults was added. The original chancel was torn down in about 1500. Ansgar's Church in the modern part of Hedehusene was inaugurated in 1921. It was designed by Frederik Appel. The cemetery at Ansgar's Church features the Kallerup Stone , one of the oldest runestones found in Denmark. It dates from the early Viking period (c. 800 to 825) and was discovered by a stonemason on

115-548: A number of varied housing clusters and public spaces arranged along a recreational loop. Hedehusene is home to several large companies. Rockwool International is a major manufacturer of mineral wool . The logistics company DSV moved its global headquarters to Hedehusene in 2014. It consists of a16,000 m (170,000 sq ft) office building and a 12,000 m (130,000 sq ft) logistics terminal. There are two churches in Hedehusene. Fløng Church dates from

138-518: Is available as the local seed source, and thus it may not reflect the natural vegetation before the heathland became established. The heath features prominently in: Hedehusene railway station Hedehusene railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Hedehusene , a suburban town of Copenhagen in Zealand , Denmark . It is located in the centre of the town, immediately adjacent to Hedehusene's bus station. The station

161-720: Is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain —a cooler and damper climate. Heaths are widespread worldwide but are fast disappearing and considered a rare habitat in Europe. They form extensive and highly diverse communities across Australia in humid and sub-humid areas where fire regimes with recurring burning are required for the maintenance of the heathlands. Even more diverse though less widespread heath communities occur in Southern Africa . Extensive heath communities can also be found in

184-611: Is located on the Copenhagen–Fredericia railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde . It opened in 1847 with the opening of the Copenhagen-Roskilde railway line , the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark. It offers direct regional train services to Copenhagen and Roskilde . The train services are operated by the national railway company DSB . Hedehusene station opened on 27 June 1847 as one of

207-524: Is part of Secondary route 159 (" Roskildevej "). Dynamite-Harry is being followed by a helicopter on the main street in Hedehusene at 1:29:12 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in a Fix . 55°39′17″N 12°11′43″E  /  55.65472°N 12.19528°E  / 55.65472; 12.19528 Heath A heath ( / ˈ h iː θ / ) is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland

230-544: Is the silver-studded blue butterfly, Plebejus argus . Anthropogenic heath habitats are a cultural landscape that can be found worldwide in locations as diverse as northern and western Europe , the Americas , Australia , New Zealand , Madagascar and New Guinea . These heaths were originally made or expanded by centuries of human clearance of the natural forest and woodland vegetation, by grazing and burning. In some cases this clearance went so far that parts of

253-632: The tree pipit . In Australia the heathland avian fauna is dominated by nectar-feeding birds such as honey-eaters and lorikeets , although numerous other birds from emus to eagles are also common in Australian heathlands. The birds of the South African fynbos include sunbirds , warblers and siskins. Heathlands are also an excellent habitat for insects including ants , moths, butterflies and wasps; many species are restricted entirely to it. One such example of an organism restricted to heathland

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276-421: The 13th century connected Copenhagen and Roskilde. In 1641, Christian IV ordered the construction of a new, private road, Roskilde Kongevej, a so-called kongevej , which was completed in 1642. A house known as Kongens Hedehus ("The King's Heath House"), often referred to simply as Hedehuset ("The Heath House") built for a Vogt ( foged ) who was responsible for overseeing that only royalty or people authorized by

299-414: The 1870s, considerable redevelopment of the area has taken place with housing. A new neighbourhood, Nærheden, is planned in the southwestern outskirts of Hedehusene. It is the result of a collaboration between Høje-Taastrup Municipality and Realdania and will consist approximately 4,500 homes. The competition to design the masterplan was won by a team led by Arkitema Architects in 2014. The plan includes

322-549: The Texas chaparral , New Caledonia , central Chile , and along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea . In addition to these extensive heath areas, the vegetation type is also found in scattered locations across all continents, except Antarctica . Heathland is favoured where climatic conditions are typically hard and dry, particularly in summer, and soils acidic, of low fertility, and often sandy and very free-draining;

345-428: The discontinuation of traditional management techniques, such as grazing and burning, that mediated the landscapes. Some are also threatened by urban sprawl . Anthropogenic heathlands are maintained artificially by a combination of grazing and periodic burning (known as swailing), or (rarely) mowing; if not so maintained, they are rapidly recolonised by forest or woodland. The recolonising tree species will depend on what

368-765: The heathland have given way to open spots of pure sand and sand dunes , with a local climate that, even in Europe, can rise to temperatures of 50 °C (122 °F) in summer, drying the sand spot bordering the heathland and further raising its vulnerability for wildfires. Referring to heathland in England, Oliver Rackham says, "Heaths are clearly the product of human activities and need to be managed as heathland; if neglected they turn into woodland". The conservation value of these human-made heaths has become much more appreciated due to their historical cultural value as habitats; consequently, most heathlands are protected. However they are also threatened by tree incursion because of

391-587: The king used the road. He was instructed to prosecute trespassers and shoot their horses. A special key was made for the gate at the Heath House and another one for the gate at Røde Port ("Red Gate") in Roskilde. The house was located where Tværvej 1 in Hedehusene is today. In 1658, the Heath House was converted into an inn after the road was opened to other travellers at the end of the Swedish Wars . It

414-460: The middle of the 12th century and was built by members of the Snubbe family, a branch of the powerful Hvide dynasty residing at Bytteborg. The church originally consisted of chancel and nave under a flat roof. The tower was already added to its western end in approximately 1200. The height of the tower was increased with 19 metres in the 16th century. A porch was also constructed on the north side and

437-557: The new Roskildevej opened in 1776. Hedehusene railway station opened when the Copenhagen–;Roskilde Railway Line was inaugurated in 1847. The station was only built because the steam locomotives had to make frequent stops for water. In 1892, one of the local farms, Hedehusgården, was purchased by an engineer who established several gravel pits on the land. Hedehus Brickyard was founded by F. L. Schmidt in 1896. Danmark closed in 1970 and Hedehus Brickyard in 1980. From

460-567: The original intermediate stops on the new railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde , the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark . The railway line was completed for Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab (English: the Zealand Railway Company ) by British engineering company William Radford. The station originally opened as a railway halt where the railway line crossed the highway between Copenhagen and Roskilde . It

483-414: The tiny pockets of heathland in Europe are extremely depauperate with a flora consisting primarily of heather ( Calluna vulgaris ), heath ( Erica species) and gorse ( Ulex species). The bird fauna of heathlands are usually cosmopolitan species of the region. In the depauperate heathlands of Europe, bird species tend to be more characteristic of the community, and include Montagu's harrier and

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506-411: Was joined by two more inns at the site in 1682 and 1702. They initially operated without licenses since they were located too close to Roskilde to obtain a royal privilege. From 1733, they were licensed on condition that all beer and Akvavit was purchased in Roskilde and that they paid a tax of 4 rigsdaler to the city. Roskilde Kongevej gradually fell into despair and two of the inns had to close when

529-602: Was promoted to a railway station in 1880. The station's second and current station building was built in 1917 to designs by Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921 . The train services are operated by the national railway company DSB . The station offers regional train services to Copenhagen , Elsinore , and Roskilde . This article about

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