AULANKO CONSERVATION AREA

THE FINNISH
HISTORY
OF THE PARK FOREST
THE FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH
FOREST
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
INSTITUTE
(METLA)
Aulanko's
stretches back
history
in Finland. Aulanko hill
pre-Christian
to
used
was
cult for their rituals. The fortification they
stroyed
around 1250.At about the
began erecting
The
when
history
a
skjöld,
the
Häme Castle
of the actual
who had
manor,
as
of
it
acquired
then
English-style
forest
park
150 horsemen and
Forest Pond
pools
Granite castle,
cap it all,
to
in 1907
a
1883,
Standert
Hugo
the
commenced
established,
a
Karlberg
have
to
task
an
involving
as
well
as
houses, panorama
33-meter view
roads,
new
research
1917 under the
and
Forestry.
auspices
particular emphasis
of the forest and forest
A
large
were
number of new
in the
planted
Metla
centres,
comprises
plus
eight
vanished under this
noteworthy
tourist
Part of the
onslaught,
sights
but
one
indigenous
land. In order
to
created. Best
was
and elm. There
maple
are
As
Standertskjöld began
the
ing
nel
wished the
expressly
In
tion
areas.
flora
lime,
age there
park
to
were
AREA
fears
remain
open
regard
The colo
posterity.
to
everyone.
1930 the governor of Häme Province issued
order for the
preservation
the managementand
of exotic
find,
of the
plan,
were
well-kept park
robust forest and
species
use
species
tree
etation. The
can
to
of Aulanko for
preservation
for
there.
a
area.
has
to
diversify
gradually
clumps
the
given
well-established flora.
example,
an
In accordance with
further stands and
planted
veg
way
Today
all of Finland's broadleaf
studies
on
the
the
and
the
continuity
research forest, of which 70,000 ha
shrubs grown wild.
many
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROTECTED
Agriculture
problems,
state
of health
multiple
use
to
one
tree
Tutkimusmetsäpalvelut
1996
are
of
reserves.
Vantaa research
of
around Fin
long-term
search, Metla manages about 150,000 hectares (ha)
preserved
to
on
biodiversity,
the Helsinki
ensure
of Finland's most
larch, silver fir and arolla pine, in addition
are
of
Ministry
other research stations
flowers and shrubs
species,
tree
park.
of the
established in
was
forests, and the under-utilisation of timber
erected
was
institute which
Metla researches forest oriented
and
terraces...
tower
a
a
the Aulanko hill.
on
a
in
begins
purchased
created,
were
AULANKO
Metla is
with
forest
100 labourers. Swan Pond and
over
summer
de
was
great deal of wealth from
a
He
was.
built
time the Swedes
Colonel
Russia,
to
arms
same
nearby.
park
prominent industrialist,
supply
times
the ancient Häme
by
nature
re
of
conserva
CONSERVATION AREA
AULANKO PARK
PROTECTED
Welcome
of
an
to
FOREST AND
MAP SYMBOLS
AREA
Aulanko! Aulanko Park Forest forms part
152-hectare
extensive,
national
visible from the
landscape
Aulanko hill,
together
with the
under the
protected
area
Nature Conservation Act. Its purpose is
to
preserve the
summit of the
English-style
manor
park
and the forest connected with this.
Management
to
of the
protected
area
has been entrusted
the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla). The fifth
management and
1995. The
preserving
Natural
park,
park
forests,
ensure
for the
plan
area was
being managed
its beautiful,
state
help
use
forest is
completed
character.
flourishing park-like
covering
almost
biodiversity
that
in
with the aim of
one
half of the
is maintained in
Aulanko forests.
You
find these
can
the heraldic
RULES
FOR VISITORS
Aulanko
your
car
places by following
signs (see appendix).
is
nature
only
at
best observed
the marked
car
on
foot. Please leave
parks.
Permitted e.g.
•
AULANKO AS A RESEARCH
LOCATION
the roads
•
Aulanko
areas.
otic
Aulanko's
tree
rowan
protected
species,
area
is
special
groves
one
of Metla's research forest
features
of
include stands of
masur
birch,
stand, and unusual forms of many
Aulanko is
also
an
important
cal exercise.
ing
tree
seed
There is also
crops
and
a
extensive
an
tree
species.
purposes
and
Metla research unit
flowering.
ex
location for research
into the use of forests for recreational
movement
berry-
on
foot
or
skis;
cycling along
only
and
mushroom-picking
Prohibited
•
•
FURTHER
picking flowers,
•
•
birds
disturbing
tree
branches and other
plants
and other wildlife
damaging constructions,
signs,
The Finnish Forest Research Institute
•
•
If
required,
the entire
from Metla.
set
of
regulations
Aulanko Park Forest,
(Metla)
FIN- 14999 Hämeenlinna, Finland
tel. +358-03-6822 791
etc.
physi
study
INFORMATION
littering
can
be obtained
Vantaa Research Centre
Jokiniemenkuja
1, FIN-01300 Vantaa, Finland
tel. +358-(0)9-857 051