Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun - UNESCO ...

117 Guldsmedsgården ("the goldsmiths homestead") in Bergsgården is well preserved
from the 1700 th century.
118 The old Road Inn at Bergsgården is situated next to the old road between Falun and
Rättvik.
119 The redpainted manor of Heden is a very well preserved settlement with buildings
from the 1700 th to 1900 th centuries.
120 Heden manor at lake Varpan.
121 A red fence marks the borderline between the animal yard and the people's yard at
Heden manor.
122 The manor at Heden was built in 1806 as a present to the owners wife.
123 The summer-house at Heden manor was built in 1856 as a present from the wife to
her husband.
124 In Österå there are slag heaps surrounding the water streams where once 10 copper-
foundry's and 26 roasting houses were located.
125 A unique log-building is the so called "Caschetten" on top of a slag heap at Österå.
126 Hult manor is a well preserved log-building with strictly organised gardens between
the buildings and the lake Varpan. Its interiors have paintings from early 1900 th
century.
C 1 The Hosjö area.
127 The beutiful cultural landscape alongside the lake Hosjön and the Sundbornsån
river has a lot of miner-yeomen homesteads and manors. Here the Backa manor.
128 The slag heaps at Hosjöholmen reminds us about the first documented copper
furnaces, located in this place.
129 The two manors at Höjen are good examples on smaller miner-yeomen manors in
the Hosjö area.
130 The Östborn manor at lake Hosjön is a peculiar mixture of early 1800 th and late
1900 th century way of building.
131 The wing at Sveden manor is known to be the wedding cottage for the famous
swedish botanist Carl von Linné and his bride Sara Lisa Morea, who was born at
this estate. Their wedding took place in 1739.
132 The "Prevet" (the lavatory) at Sveden manor is from the late 1700 th century.
133 Rottneby manor is an arcitectural intresting building from the 1900 th century in its
present appearance.
134 The manor at Lilla Främsbacka dates back to 1809.
C 2 The Sundbornsån valley
135 The miner-yeomen homestead at Lilla Karlborn is a typical representative for the
smaller manors in the Sundbornsån valley.
136 Stora Karlborn manor has been added many times. The tower is said to have been
built for a sick daughter in purpose to give her better air.
137 The Sundborn village is a dense redpainted area with small log buildings.
138 The wooden church at Sundborn is typical for swedish countryside churches from
the 1700 th and 1800 th century. The church was built up in 1755 and the bell-tower
in
1797. In 1905 the church was decorated in a very special manner by the world-
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