The self-governing institution, Fiskeriets Hus, supports the nomination to the UNESCO immaterial cultural heritage list, of the traditions of Nordic clinker boat building.
We consider it extremely important that these traditions are entered in the UNESCO immaterial cultural heritage list.
Fiskeriets Hus is a museum and an aquarium displaying the cultural history ofHolmsland Klit.
One of the main attractions in the museum is the display of Andreas Jensens' sea-going boat, "Thomas", built around 1850 in Stadil. Boats of this type were used for fishing in the open sea off the West Coast of Jutland. At the beginning of the l 800s there were about 40 boats of this type on the coast between Nymindegab and Thorsminde, and in 1840 there were 18 on Holmsland Klit.
In 1993 Fiskeriets Hus started building a reconstruction of Andreas Jensens boat. Still sailed by the support association, the replica boat was launched in 1996.
Built with larch and weighing about 5 tons, the boat is approximately l O metres long with a beam of 3 metres.
The characteristic of these sea-going boats, was a low and beamy clinker built hull, almost symmetrical above the waterline, very beamy right out to the ends, with markedly outward sloping stems. Beiow the water line they were narrower at the stern with a flat bottom making the boat well suited to shallow water sailing, and to dragging up a beach.
The suitability of this type of boat for both open sea sailing and beach landings was proven when in 1997 when the replica boat was used in TV-Midtvest's recording of the film "Children of God'.
By maintaining and sailing this clinker built boat, Fiskeriets Hus, both as an institution and a museuin, works together with the museums supporters, to preserve and continue the traditions of the boat.
In addition to the preservation and reconstruction of this boat, Fiskeriets Hus also provides infonnation for vocational training in schools where the emphasis is on wooden boat building training.
The museum is open all year-round. During the winter months the sea-going boat replica can be seen under a canopy in front of the Museum, while in the summer months the boat is moored at Tyskerhavn harbour in Hvide Sande.
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Ledreborg den 23. november 2018
Vedrttrende nominerlng af nordiske klinkbadstraditioner tll UNESco·s liste over immateriel kulturarv Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land giver hermed sin fulde st(4tte til ans0gningen om lndskrivning af Nordiske Klinkbadstraditloner pa UNESco·s repra!sentative liste over menneskehedens immaterielle kulturarv.
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UNESCO's liste vii betyde en stor og vigtig anerkendelse af det frivillige og professionelle arbejde der foregar omkrlng de klinkbyggede tra!bade i IDanmark og i hele Norden.
Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land ligger Midtsjcelland og bestar af det indre af Roskilde Fjord og de bakkede landskaber omkring Lejre og Roskilde syd for fjorden. Vigtige fund fra jernalderen og vikingetiden pr.eger omradet- og udstilllnger og aktiviteter omkring Vikingeskibsmuseet, lejre Museum, Fjordmuseet, lokale bade lag, fiskerlejer mv. vidner am en aktiv tradition for kystkultur, sejlads, fiskeri, badebygning, som er af stor betydning for omradet og gar langt tilbage. Deter uvurderligt, at vi har en tradition, som er givet videre fra badbygger til bAdbygger og sejler til sejler gennem flere tusind ar.
Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land har til formal at arbejde for at beskytte, bevare, udvikle og formidle savel natur, landskab og frlluftsliv som kulturhistorie og immateriel kulturarv- og vi giver derfor med glcede vores fulde opbakning til nomineringen af Nordiske Klinkbadstraditioner
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UNESCO's liste over immateriel kulturarv.Med venlig hilsen
NATIONALPARK SKJOLDUNGERNES LAND
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ne Bendix
(Formidlingskoordinator)
To the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee
Ledreborg, November 23, 2018
Regarding nomination of Nordic clinker boat traditions to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage The National Park Skjoldungernes and hereby gives its full support to the application for Enrollment of Nordic Klinkboat boat traditions on UNESCO's representative list of humanity's Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The enrollment of the Nordic clinker boat traditions on UNESCO's list vii mean a big and important in recognition of the voluntary and professional work that takes place around the clinker-built wooden boats Denmark and the whole of the Nordic region.
The National Park 'Skjoldungernes Land' is located in central Zealand and consists of the interior of Roskilde Fjord and the hilly landscapes around Lejre and Roskilde south ofthe fjord. Important finds from the Iron Age and the Viking Age characterize the area and exhibitions and activities around the Viking Ship Museum, the Lejre Museum, the Fjord Museum, local boat teams, fishing villages, etc. testifies to an active tradition of coastal culture, sailing, fishing, boat building, which is of great importance to the area and goes far back.
It is invaluable that we have a tradition that has been passed on from boat builder to boat builder and sailing to sailing through several thousand years.
National Park Skjoldungerne's purpose is to work to protect, preserve, develop and convey both nature, landscape and outdoor life as well as cultural history and intellectual heritage - and we are therefore happy to provide our full support for the nomination of Nordic Clinkboat boat traditions on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Yours sincerely
NATIONAL PARK 'Skjoldungernes Land' Malene Bendix
(Dissemination coordinator)
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