Westermark (Syke)
Coordinates: 52 ° 53 ′ 48 " N , 8 ° 47 ′ 43" E
The Westermark is a 701.5 ha large forest area in the Lower Saxon town of Syke in Diepholz . It is located in the eastern area of the Wildeshauser Geest nature park and in the western and southwestern area of the core town of Syke. The terrain reaches a height of 58 meters.
Every year from mid-July to mid-August, the wild-growing orchid broad-leaved stendelwort ( Epipactis helleborine ) blooms in large numbers in this forest area .
Through the wooded area that gave its name to the “Zur Westermark” road in the Henstedt district of Syker , the L 340 road leads west to Nordwohlde and the L 333 south-west via Klein Bramstedt to Bassum . The Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway runs through the south-eastern part of the Westermark . The Twillbeeke, a left tributary of the Hache, flows on the southeastern edge .
Properties in the Westermark
- a forest playground
- the forester's house Westermark , Bassumer Landstrasse 78, built in 1939 (see list of architectural monuments in Syke , monument no. 25104100097)
- At the north-western edge of the forest is the "West Wing", a living and working community of people in need of soul care with the work areas of carpentry, papermaking, housekeeping and tailoring.
history
In 1964, the forest area was designated as a landscape protection area (see list of landscape protection areas in the district of Diepholz ; therein: Westermark, LSG DH 00059).
When cyclone quimburga in 1972 (November 13), the forest was destroyed to a large extent, but since then reforested.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Experience nature in Lower Saxony - Diepholz district ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Westermark forest playground on doatrip.de
- ↑ website of the west wing Syke
- ↑ 40 years ago today, a hurricane devastated the northern district / contemporary witnesses remember “Weißtannen-Willi”. The calm after the storm. By Jörn Dirk Zweibrock on weser-kurier.de on November 13, 2012
