High mountain (syke)

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View from the observation tower over the Hohe Berg with former military installations in winter

The high mountain is 58.2  m above sea level. NN high elevation in the area of ​​the city of Syke in the Lower Saxony district of Diepholz .

description

The Hohe Berg is located in the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park , on the northern edge of the Syker Geest , and is the highest point around Bremen in the eastern part of the Syker district of Ristedt . On a clear day you have a good view to the north of the Weser and the skyline of Bremen.

history

In the mid-1970s there was an anti-aircraft missile station with radome domes operated by the US armed forces on the 4.8 hectare site on Hohe Berg . American troops left the position in the mid-1980s, and German troops in 1987. In 2004 the site was acquired by the city of Syke and the Geest cultural landscape project was developed with EU funds .

Observation tower

Observation tower

On the Hohen Berg there is a 13 m high observation tower , created after a student ideas competition held in 2008 by the Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Department of Architecture. In the spring of 2010, the nature adventure tower was erected within a week and now offers a 360 ° panoramic view of the Geest landscape to Bremen and various biotope structures in the area on three viewing platforms at 12 m, 8 m and 4 m high.

Web links

Commons : Hoher Berg (Ristedt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Diepholz district: Tower of Syke starts. Report in Kreiszeitung.de, accessed on March 27, 2010

Coordinates: 52 ° 56 ′ 6.2 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 52.7"  E