Piebald

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The Schecken is up to 286  m above sea level. NN high, wooded ridge of the Lower Saxony mountainous region in the Hameln-Pyrmont district . It is located southeast of Hameln , its main ridge runs in a north-south direction. The piebald extends at a width of about two kilometers by four kilometers in length.

The Schecken seen from Hastenbeck

description

Spruce forest in a brook valley in Schecken

The piebald is counted as part of the natural region of the Lower Saxony mountainous region. In the narrower sense, the ridge belongs to the Esperder Bergland within the Alfelder Bergland, which is part of the Leinebergland .

The highest elevation of the piebald is the Obensburg with 286  m above sea level. NN . On it is the early medieval Obensburg of the same name . A hunting pavilion belonging to the Diedersen estate is located within the former fortifications . About 500 meters to the northeast there was another hill fort at a brook valley with the Sassenburg . The second highest elevation of the piebald is the Hohe Stolle at 272  m above sea level. NN .

The Schecken drops off steeply to the west towards the Weser lowlands towards the towns of Hastenbeck and Afferde . To the east it has flat slopes. There are numerous valley cuts in the Diedersener Gutswald, some of which are crossed by small bodies of water. Since 1991 belongs to the piebald of the same name, about 1200 hectares of conservation area . It includes the wooded ridge and its agriculturally used slopes.

Battle of Hastenbeck

Painting of the battle of Hastenbeck , the piebald on the right

During the Seven Years' War , the battle of Hastenbeck between French troops and an allied observation army allied with Prussia took place west of the Schecken in 1757 . The Allies had stationed three hunting companies on the Obensburg . When the French troops advanced on July 26, 1757, they took the Obensburg. Standing in the rear of the Allies, they fired cannons from above. The Allies retook the position, but vacated it again soon after.

legend

According to legends , the Hünen lived as descendants of the giants on the heights of Klüt , Ith and the Ottenstein plateau . The legend of the Hünen von der Obensburg tells of a giant who is said to have lived in the Hünenkuhle, a depression on the mountain. When the Obensburg giant wanted to visit the giant on the Ith one day , something was pinching his shoe. He sat down on a slope at the foot of the Obensburg and threw out the shoe. A large stone fell out, which is still today below the Obensburg.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Obensburg, the Schecken and the Battle of Hastenbeck. In: Hamelner-Geschichte.de. Retrieved November 28, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the "Schecken" landscape protection area in the area of ​​the municipality of Emmerthal, the patch of Coppenbrügge and the city of Hameln from March 15, 1991
  3. ^ The Battle of Hastenbeck, July 26, 1757
  4. ↑ The giant of the Obensburg. In: voremberg.de. Retrieved November 28, 2014 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 27 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 22 ″  E