Schlageterinsel

Schlageterinsel
Complete view of the Schlageter Island
Waters	Böhme
Geographical location	52 ° 59 '52 "  N , 9 ° 50' 46"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 59 '52 "  N , 9 ° 50' 46"  E
length	15 m
width	5 m
surface	0.007 5  ha
Residents	uninhabited
Graben between Schlageterinsel (right) and the mainland

The Schlageterinsel is a 75 m² artificial island in the Böhme river in the Boehmewald near Soltau in Lower Saxony . The island is separated from the mainland by a ditch about one meter wide, which is built with wooden pillars. The 15 m long and 5 to 6 m wide island is connected to the mainland by a small wooden bridge.

In 1897 the honorary citizen of Soltau, Wilhelm Röders sen., Bought the Boehmewald as a " recreational forest ". an area opposite the Böhmebogen, had the Böhme put in a slight loop and the area of ​​the old river course lying in the curve to the island.

The island, named 30 years later after the German free corps fighter Albert Leo Schlageter , is mainly overgrown with nettles and other herbaceous plants. In the middle there is also a steadfast chestnut and an elm . Schlageter is named after a controversial figure, as he served the National Socialists as a martyr figure .

Böhme and Schlageterinsel seen from above

Web links

Commons : Schlageterinsel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Klapproth: 1945 war chronicle of the city of Soltau and the surrounding area with contributions to the war history of 1945 in the southern and central heath , published by the city administration, 1955