Top 20 Natural Monuments around Bark

A beautiful, naturally preserved area.

The Wittenborner Heide nature reserve remained nutrient-poor and unfertilized due to its previous use as a military training area. This resulted in a diverse landscape of heathland, moors and sparse forests that provide a habitat for many species. You can hike through a very beautiful landscape that is always worth a visit.

Enjoy this 8.5-kilometer circular trail near Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein. The route is generally classified as moderate and can be ...

The Ihlsee is located in the northwestern part of the district town of Bad Segeberg on the northern edge of the Kleinniendorf district and is part of the designated Ihlsee and Ihlwald nature reserve. The origin of the lake has not been fully investigated. Either the depression was formed after the Ice Age due to dead ice or it was created as a sinkhole by the collapse of a cave in the Segeberg salt dome. Today the lake has an area of around 29 hectares and stretches 450 m from north to south and around 850 m from west to east; the shore is 2.25 km long. Along with the Bültsee and the Garrensee, the lake is one of the few nutrient-poor lakes in Schleswig-Holstein. The lake is located in a depression and has no inflow. It is fed only by groundwater and inflowing surface water (precipitation). To the north of the bathing area is the outflow that connects the lake to the Great Segeberg Lake. The lake can be walked around, but there is no path along the lake. There is a bathing area on the eastern shore that has existed for decades. The bathing water quality is regularly monitored and in recent years has been rated as very good to good. There is a residential area on the northern shore. On the western and southern sides, the Ihlwald, a swamp forest, dominates the shoreline. From 1911 to 1961, there was a Kiel-Segeberg narrow-gauge railway station at Ihlsee, the tracks of which were removed in 1962. The Ihlsee was declared a nature reserve in 1950 because of its special features. The lake is a particularly nutrient-poor body of water, which gives rise to rare flora. Today, the lake is part of the Ihlsee and Ihlwald nature reserve and has been part of the Natura 2000 protected area network since 2006. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihlsee

Beautiful swimming area.🏊‍♂️ for humans and animals.

Tip: The evening Karl May events end with fireworks.

Tip: The 91 m high limestone mountain is not made of lime (calcium carbonate) but of gypsum (calcium sulphate).

The "Wittenborner Heide" in the district of Segeberg with 294 hectares will be protected in the future. Environment Minister Robert Habeck signed a corresponding ordinance, as the ministry announced on April 21, 2016. The area includes large parts of the former "Wittenborn" training area, including part of the bird sanctuary "Barker and Wittenborner Heide" and is therefore part of the European NATURA 2000 protected area system . As a former site training area, the new nature reserve is predominantly owned by the Federal Agency for Real Estate (BIMA) and the Nature Conservation Foundation (areas to the west of the former site training area). The eastern border forms the planned BAB 20.