Top 20 Natural Monuments around Osterstedt

This is the former home of the shell souvenir manufacturer D. Hauschild. In 1901, he had his house modernized and in the process decorated the windows, doors and corners of the house with shells that he bought in the Hamburg harbor and made into souvenirs. In front of his house there is a shell stone that he bought. He had it transported to his house from a bent wall near the Vaasbüttel brickworks. https://www.hohenwestedt.de/die-gemeinde/sehenswertes

The Lübeck Trade was an important trade route in the Middle Ages that connected the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg. Several memorial stones along this route commemorate its historical importance.

At 76.8 meters, the Boxberg is not the highest elevation in the Aukrug Nature Park, but it is one of the few moraine peaks in central Holstein that deserves the name "mountain." The Itzespitze, at 83.4 meters, is even higher than the Boxberg. Today, only a few beech trees grow on the grounds of the Boxberg recreational forest. If you want to learn more about the Aukrug Nature Park and its origins, visit: https://nationale-naturlandschaften.de/gebiete/naturpark-aukrug.

In 1901, the shell souvenir maker Detlev Hauschildt had the house modernized in the style of the time and the windows, doors and corners decorated with shells that he bought in the port of Hamburg and processed into souvenirs. This is why the house is popularly known as the "shell house". Hans-Günter Kiene later moved in here with his tax office. As early as January 1892, Detlev Hauschildt had the so-called shell stone, which originally stood on a small elevation in a bent wall near the Vaasbüttel brickworks, set up in front of his "shell house". He bought it for six marks and had it brought to its current location on a sleigh pulled by eight horses; the transport was much more expensive than the purchase, namely 330.00 marks. The shell stone is a granite block that is two meters high and has a circumference of 5.20m. It tapers towards the top and has many small, bowl-shaped depressions on its surface. It is also a prehistoric sacrificial stone with man-made depressions to collect the blood of the sacrificial animals. https://www.hohenwestedt.de/die-gemeinde/sehenswertes

While we can no longer imagine our landscape without the road network that cuts through everything, we may well ask ourselves at this point: When and for what purpose did all this come about? Why did people want and need to get from A to B at certain times? Peaceful trade is definitely preferable to warlike reasons.

Nice and quiet place, good place to take a break

The pristine depths of the earth still preserve much that is undiscovered. We owe our good spring water to Mother Nature. In Nindorf the Kimberquelle brings gut2 to light. You can discover how and where for yourself on site. This very special source was discovered quite by accident when drilling for oil in Nindorf in 1884. When the builders penetrated the marl layer, they encountered an artesian water vein. Since then it has been bubbling up all by itself. An artesian well was then built, which supplied the neighboring community of Remmels with water between 1913 and 1972. Of course, the local women also used this unfiltered, iron-rich water for washing. However, due to the high iron content in the water, their laundry never really turned white - which is why they were called the "grey mice of Remmels". For this reason, in the 1970s, the women in the area pushed through to have their drinking water supply connected to the public drinking water network. Apparently they didn't realize at the time how good their water actually was. The water tower in Remmels, which is under monument protection, still bears witness to these times. http://www.gutzwei.de/de/quelle/

Path between the Boxberg and the fish ponds...