Kloevensteen

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Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 47 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 47"  E

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The Klövensteen is a wooded area on the western border of Hamburg . It extends over an area of ​​more than 513 hectares in the Hamburg districts of Rissen and Sülldorf as well as in parts of the Schleswig-Holstein region (towns of Pinneberg and Wedel and the communities of Appen and Holm ).

Originally, the area was part of an inland dune stretch of over 100 kilometers with small moor areas, which stretched north of the Elbe from today's Kiel Canal via the Haseldorfer Marsch to Geesthacht . The forest was created by afforestation in the 19th century.

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Forest path in Klövensteen

The terrain is level and consists mostly of mixed forest with deciduous and coniferous trees, which is loosened up by clearings, forest and orchard meadows. The Schnaakenmoor nature reserve is located in the southwest of the forest . Further areas of the forest are located in three different landscape protection areas in Hamburg and in the Pinneberg district. The southern edge of the Klövensteen is marked by the Wedeler Au , a small, 12.6 kilometer long brook that swells in Sülldorf and flows into the Lower Elbe in Wedel (Schleswig-Holstein).

The area was afforested around 1793 on former arable and heather areas. Today it is used for forestry and agriculture as well as a local recreation area and is accessed through a well-maintained network of hiking and riding trails. A game reserve on Sandmoorweg, a large forest playground on Klövensteenweg and the "Pony-Waldschänke", a small pony farm with a restaurant, are also suitable for leisure activities .

Boulder at the entrance to the Klövensteen game reserve

At the end of the sand moor path is the main entrance to the Klövensteen game reserve. There you can park your vehicle in the parking lot or have a snack at the “Kleine Waldschänke” kiosk . In the enclosure you can find out about the mainly native fauna. There are numerous panels with illustrations and explanations of many animal species distributed over the area. If they show up, you can eagle owls, ferrets, European mink, wild boar, mouflon and fallow deer , sika and red deer admire and poultry in Natura. Admission is free.

The institution attaches particular importance to your environmental education work. The game reserve has already received several awards after the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and in 2018 was the first institution in Germany to be awarded the "Tiergarten with Education Seal" of the third and highest level by the German Game Reserve Association.

Bridle paths

The z. Riding trails, some of which are maintained by the “Interest Group of Klövensteenreiter eV”, consist of narrow, winding step passages as well as wide and extensive gallop stretches. They lead through forests, fields and meadows and offer a varied riding area. It is the largest connected network of bridle paths in Hamburg and the surrounding area.

Transport links

The Klövensteen can be reached:

  • from Hamburg with the S-Bahn line S1 to Rissen ,
  • from Wedel with bus line 289 to Hasenkamp ,

each with a subsequent walk of at least 10 minutes or

  • by car to the parking lot at the end of the Sandmoorweg.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Award for the Klövensteen game reserve. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .