Engelsberg Ironworks

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Engelsberg Ironworks
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Reference	556
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)

Engelsberg Ironworks (Swedish: Engelsbergs bruk) is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök (1645-1706) and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700-1800. It is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site since 1993.

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For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden.

East	Birka and Hovgården Engelsberg Ironworks Royal Domain of Drottningholm Skogskyrkogården

South	Agricultural Landscape of Stora Alvaret (Southern Öland) Hanseatic Town of Visby Naval Port of Karlskrona Rock Carvings in Tanum Varberg Radio Station

North	Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland The High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago¹ (High Coast) Laponian Area Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun Struve Geodetic Arc²

¹ Shared with Finland ² Shared with nine other countries

Coordinates: 59°58′00″N 16°00′30″E / 59.96667°N 16.00833°E / 59.96667; 16.00833

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