Kultippen

Fuel shortages during the Second World War renew interest in the coal seams near Hasle, and local unemployed workers begin digging for coal close to the beach.

The state carries out exploratory drilling south of Hasle to map the coal seams and assess the potential for more extensive mining.

It is decided that excavated material from the coal mine will be transported to the beach and tipped along the coast. This marks the beginning of Kultippen.

From 1943 until open-cast coal mining ends in 1947, trains of tip wagons carry sand, clay, coal residue and other excavated material from the mine to the coast. Layer by layer, the artificial headland takes shape.

In June 1947, mining in the open-cast coal mine south of Hasle comes to an end. The large-scale transport of excavated material to the coast also ceases, and Kultippen has acquired its basic form.