Erdmann Wood Sculpture

a great place for a small break

Here is also the beautiful wood carving with the Erdmann monument

The "Waldpädagogikzentrum Hainhorst" is located in the middle of a little forest around "Schwaförden". The website reads:

"Today's forest education center (WPZ) was built on the site of the former Staffhorst I test shaft of the Barbara ore mining company.

In the mid-1950s, a 1.2 km deep shaft was dug here to explore mining opportunities.

Since iron ore extraction was only possible under difficult technical conditions, operations were stopped again in 1965.

After negotiations between the state forest administration and the ore mining company, the site with the existing infrastructure was returned to the forest office.

The administration building with the so-called washroom was converted and as early as 1966 the youth forest home Hahnhorst was able to start operations with a youth forest assignment.

In 2010, the WPZ Hahnhorst was opened in its present form after a conceptual expansion of the forest education offer of the Lower Saxony State Forests.

A modern seminar building for conferences, training and teaching events has now been added to the accommodation building, which has been continuously developed since the 1960s.

In addition to the multi-day offers at the Schwaförden site, the WPZ offers forest education day and short-term events in the Nienburger Land educational region."

Source: "landesforsten.de/erleben/waldpaedagogik/unsere-waldpaedagogikzentren/wpz-hahnhorst" - there you can find more information.