Wall hedging routes
| Wall hedges route | |
|---|---|
| overall length | 44/42 km |
| location | Ammerland district |
| difficulty | low |
| Website URL | www.ammerland-touristik.de |
The Wallhecken routes are two circular cycle paths 44/42 kilometers in length in the northeastern part of the Ammerland in Lower Saxony. This landscape was shaped by the Saale Ice Age . Traces of this prehistoric history have been preserved to this day. Wall hedges, on the other hand, are evidence of human management. There are earth or stone walls overgrown with bushes. They used to be used to enclose arable and pasture areas or as border markings and offered protection against soil erosion by wind. Over the centuries a very characteristic, small-scale, structured cultural landscape with its own flora and fauna has emerged: the essence of the Ammerland park landscape. The hedgerows guarantee the character of this landscape, as the proportion of forest areas is only 10%. They provide their own microclimate and have been under nature protection since 1935. The area around Nuttel and Wemkendorf has a dense, well-preserved network of ramparts that is strikingly dense for the Ammerland.
Route a (44 km), the northern one, leads through a particularly distinctive walled hedge landscape in the Ammerland.
Route b (42 km), the southern one, touches two landscape windows : On the one hand "Wallhecken" in Wiefelstede and the one on the subject of Geestrand in the municipality of Rastede , which is in the middle of Wallhecken . Here you can experience the geestrand waste , which is up to 19 meters in height difference over a distance of two kilometers between the highest elevation and the lowland moors in the Wesermarsch .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ammerland Tourist Information [Hrsg.]: Ammerland Park Landscape. The cycling landscape. An adventure guide for cyclists. Westerstede o. JS 15.
- ↑ hedgerows route a. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 31, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wall hedges route b. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 31, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
