Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics provides an overview of the number of protected buildings, ancients monuments as well as new protections and de-protections. The Culture Agency and Palaces administrates the protection of the buildings and ancient monuments. The protected buildings have a special architecturally or cultural quality, that reflects a certain time period. The property categories for protected buildings are based on The Building and Housing Register's use code. The statistics of protected buildings are divided into type of building, region and year of construction.

The ancient monuments are protected according to the Museum Act. The statistics for ancient monuments are divided by region, and farm category e.g. a burial.

Classification system

Not relevant for these statistics.

Sector coverage

Not relevant for these statistics

Statistical concepts and definitions

Listed Buildings: The majority of protected buildings in Denmark are privately owned. Preserved buildings represent Danish building culture and represent testimony to how one has historically built, worked and lived in Denmark. It is the country's municipalities that assess whether a building mass has a particular architectural or cultural-historical value. A listed building means that (1) it must be kept in proper condition, (2) the building must not be altered or rebuilt outside or inside without special permission (3) the owner of the building can receive financial support (4) the owner can be exempt from property tax ( 5) The owner has certain tax deductions (6) the owner can demand government takeover of the property.

Ancient Monuments: This includes ancient monuments and archaeological sites in Denmark that are important for the early part of Denmark's history and archaeological heritage. It can be both ancient monuments that are visible in the landscape or ancient monuments hidden in the earth, and only known from archaeological studies.

New Protections and De-Protections: The number of new protections and de-protections per year is calculated by a different method than the number of current protected buildings. The number of new protections and de-protections is based on cases carried out the year in question. These can include 0,1 or more buildings. When expanding an existing protection of a building with the buildings surroundings (garden, yard, sidewalk etc.), a new protection is thereby carried out, without having increased the number of protected buildings.

Statistical unit

The unit of statistics is the number of buildings, and not the number of properties.

Statistical population

Data provided by the Agency for Culture and Palaces on the basis of extracts from national registers.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

-For ancient monuments the statistics covers the time from 2010. -For protected buildings the statistics covers the time from 2012. -For new protections and de-protections the statistics covers the time from 2012.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics

Unit of measure

For listed buildings: Number of buildings. For ancient monuments: Farm category e.g. a burial.

Reference period

Data is calculated by December 31st. the year in question.

Frequency of dissemination

Annual.

Legal acts and other agreements

The Preservation of Buildings Act §20, part 4: 8a: The Minister of culture develops and maintains inventories of protected areas under the law. Museums Act § 39: The Minister of culture leads the central records of the cultural history and art, as well as archaeological sites and places of finds. The Minister of culture makes records available to the public and relevant authorities.

Data collection is not conducted on the basis of an EU Regulation.

Cost and burden

No direct response burden, since data is collected by the The Agency for Culture and Palaces.

Comment

Contact Statistics Denmark for extra information.