Hawk wall

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The central part of the hawk wall with the railing on the edge of the cliff
Part of the cliff seen from the bottom
NSG sign on Wittekindsweg around 50 meters east of the Habichtswand. To the hiker, it seems as if the cliff itself is just outside the protected area. It is, however, the case that the NSG border crosses the path here and then runs in the direction of the observer to the right of the path to the Habichtswand and its upper edge

The Habichtswand is a rocky cliff in the eastern Wiehen Mountains on the southwest flank of the Häverstädter Berg . It is located in the Dehme district of the East Westphalian city ​​of Bad Oeynhausen . Together with other cliffs adjoining it in an easterly direction, the Habichtswand lies in the Wittekindsberg nature reserve . The rock face is about five to a maximum of ten meters high and represents an important natural rock formation in the Wiehengebirge.

The Wittekindsweg runs above the cliff . From here a path leads to the edge of the cliff with the railing. A path leads from the railing at the view to the bottom of the cliff. For this purpose, steps were carved into the rock. Coming from the Wolfsschlucht gorge, the wall can only be reached on the sole side via the Hindenburgweg and then via difficult to walk and poorly recognizable paths on the steep slope.

More cliffs in the area

The cliffs to the east are similar and form, among other things, the Wolfsschlucht , an abandoned quarry from which, among other things, the material for the nearby Kaiser Wilhelm monument at Porta Westfalica was extracted. The rocks at the Wolfsschlucht are also significantly higher than those of the Habichtswand and are also used by sport climbers. Due to the acute risk of landslides in the spring of 2013, the authorities again warned against entering the Wolfsschlucht area, but wandering through is still allowed. The path that branches off from the Kaiser Wilhelm monument or from the Wittekindsweg to the gorge was marked with warning signs "Danger to life". As a precaution, the authorities removed the benches at the relevant viewpoints and blocked the descent at the Moltketurm. The Habichtswand itself has always been a resting place for hikers and is located outside the immediate landslide-endangered area, which is therefore allowed to be entered. There are no other natural cliffs west of the Habichtwand. The southern slope of the Wiehengebirge becomes less rugged towards the west and thus beyond the steep slope of the Great Weser Arch, so that from here no exposed rocks were naturally formed.

However, there are also numerous rock faces further west in the entire Wiehen Mountains, but they are not of natural origin, as they are abandoned quarries.

Refreshments nearby

Around 2.5 to the west of the Habichtswand, also on the long-distance hiking trail, is the Zum Wilden Schmied mountain restaurant, which is open all year round . To the east, also via the Wittekindsweg, after about one kilometer you reach a hotel restaurant in the area of ​​the Wittekindsburg , two kilometers further east you finally reach the Kaiser Wilhelm monument, where currently only a small snack is served.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  2. ↑ "Habichtswand" nature reserve (MI-038) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia (see map view)
  3. ↑ Fig. 21

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 56.2 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 13.1 ″  E