Boxberg (Aukrug)

View from Boxberg to the southwest in summer

View from Boxberg over the Aukrug Nature Park in winter

The Boxberg with a height of 76.8 m, although not the highest elevation in the nature park Aukrug , but one of the few moraine in the middle Holstein , which deserve to be called Mountain. The Itzespitze is 83.4 m even higher up than the Boxberg. Today only a few beech trees grow on the grounds of the Boxberg recreational forest , from which the “Booksberg” derives its name.

It is located on the B 430 between the Aukruger districts of Bucken and Homfeld. From its top, the viewer has a wide view over the wooded landscape of the nature park.

history

The Boxberg was pushed up by glaciers during the Saale glaciation (up to 120,000 years ago). The mountain, which is mainly forested with beeches, was almost completely cut down before the beginning of the 20th century. After that, the area was predominantly with heather covered. In the course of time, the forest has predominated again in the area, the heather areas have been pushed back to around 7–8 hectares. The mountain shows a sparse population of mainly pines and beeches. In 2007 the charitable Kurt and Erika Schrobach Foundation acquired the area with the support of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.

natural reserve

Around 8 hectares of open heathland around the Boxberg are designated as a protected area under the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive .

use

Numerous hiking and riding trails are signposted around the Boxberg. There is also a fitness trail, a forest adventure trail and an information pavilion right on the mountain. In winter, the so -called Express Route-Boxberghöhe is a popular toboggan run.

Web links

Commons : Boxberg - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Nature Conservation and Forestry (ed.): Unique: Nature guide through Schleswig-Holstein . tape 3 . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2012, ISBN 978-3-529-05417-4 , p. 201 .
^ Fründt, Hans-Jürgen .: Travel Know-How Schleswig-Holstein. Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8317-4574-6 , p. 319-320 ( worldcat.org [accessed May 16, 2020]).

54.07031 9.73725Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ N , 9 ° 44 ′ E

[1] State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Nature Conservation and Forestry (ed.): Unique: Nature guide through Schleswig-Holstein . tape 3 . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2012, ISBN 978-3-529-05417-4 , p. 201 .

[2] Fründt, Hans-Jürgen .: Travel Know-How Schleswig-Holstein. Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8317-4574-6 , p. 319-320 ( worldcat.org [accessed May 16, 2020]).