Province of
Southern Finland, Kanta-Häme Region
Municipality of Tammela (www.tammela.fi, in
Finnish)
Liesjärvi National Park
The
destination is managed by Metsähallitus.
Visitors to Korteniemi will learn about everyday life at a forest
ranger’s estate in the 1910s. The area’s cultural landscape is maintained at the
farm through traditional farming methods.
The grounds, including the buildings,
gardens and crops of the former forest ranger estate, have remained almost
unchanged for over a hundred years. During summer, life on the estate is very
much like it was in the 1910s.
During summer the farm is home to indigenous Finnish farm animals: horses,
cows, sheep, chickens and a rooster. Old traditionally Finnish crops are farmed
in both the estates gardens and fields by traditional methods. Rye is cut with
scythes, dried on racks and threshed with flails in the drying barn.
The
purpose of this heritage farm is to preserve the cultural landscape, old
buildings and species reliant on cultural heritage, as well as, to preserve
folklore.
Today, Korteniemi is the only forest ranger estate maintained by
Metsähallitus in Southern Finland, where the buildings and grounds have remained
an intact entirety. Metsähallitus commissioned reports on both the history of
the estate and the ways land was used in olden times, and on the basis of these
reports a care and management plan was drafted in 1997 for the heritage farm.
Opening Hours in 2010
Note! There is no guide at Korteniemi Heritage Farm 1.9.- 3.9.2010.
10.5. - 6.6. Mon - Fri 10 am - 3 pm, Sat 22.5. 11 am - 4 pm
7.6. - 26.9.
Wed - Sun 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Midsummer´s Eve 25.6.
Visiting Korteniemi Heritage Farm is free-of-charge. Themed tours for groups
are available for a fee. We ask that groups inform the farm of their arrival in
advance.
Contact Information
Address: Korteniemi Heritage Farm, Liesjärvi National Park,
Korteniementie 270, 31350 Liesjärvi
Tel. int. Häme Visitor Centre +358 205 64
4630
E-mail: hame
Metsähallitus manages and maintains the heritage farm.
Directions and Maps
For directions to and information on public transportation to Korteniemi
Heritage Farm see Liesjärvi National Park’s
directions and maps page.
Electronic Maps
- Excursionmap.fi
of Metsähallitus
Services
A voyage back in time to what life
was like a hundred years ago.
- A tour of the heritage farm.
- Information on tours available during summer from
Häme Visitor Centre.
- Information on Liesjärvi National Park and its surrounding areas.
- An old smoke sauna which can be reserved from spring to autumn. The smoky
steamed sauna can seat even a larger group.
Events
Visitors are welcome to partake in the farm’s daily chores, as well as work
days during which the whole community helps out at the farm or take part in work
demonstrations, on which you can get more information on from Häme Visitor Centre.
Korteniemi grounds
During summer the farm is home to indigenous Finnish farm animals: horses,
cows, sheep and chickens and a rooster. Old traditionally Finnish crops are
farmed in both the estates gardens and fields by traditional methods. The
beautiful Maiden Pink has benefited from animals grazing in the area and people
cutting down meadows and its habitat has grown little by little.
Nature Trails
The barn at Korteniemi, which functions as an information point, is the
starting point for both the 1 km long Sammalmetsä Nature Trail into Ahonokka
old-growth forest as well as marked trails into Liesjärvi National Park.
Services for School Groups
The farm organises themed guided activities for school groups, which are
geared to the season they are held in and support the school curriculum. During
these children learn about traditional handicrafts, farming and secrets of
old-growth forests.
Services for the Disabled
- There is a parking area about 200 metres from Korteniemi Heritage Farm,
from which visitors can access the grounds by wheelchair, but we recommend
that those with wheelchairs have an assistant with them. Disabled visitors may
also drive their cars right up to the grounds.
- There is a dry toilet for the disabled at the parking area.
- The farm house is accessible by wheelchair, with some assistance. We ask
that disabled visitors inform the farm of their arrival in advance.
