Heidberg in the Welmbüttel District Forest

The wooded geest area (Dithmarscher Schweiz) is 72 m above sea level on the Rugebarg. NN the highest point in the community. The well-known “Heidberg” is 46 m above sea level. NN is significantly lower, but is considered a popular destination in the district forest among hikers.
The Geest around Welmbüttel is a watershed. The Tielenau rises in the southwestern part of the district forest and flows into the Eider via Tellingstedt. The surface water on the western side of the Geest collects in small streams until it flows into the Miele.
The Broklandsau in the north has several springs in town. The Osterau rises in the district forest near the old, now dry ponds, the Wierbek has several springs, one rises on the Bahnhofsberg and feeds several ponds, including on the B 203, before it joins other source streams in Norderwohld.de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welmb%C3%BCttel

A mountain in Dithmarschen! Hardly recognizable in the landscape, now with renatured heather again.

The hilly eroded landscape with its hillside gorges and the Broklands and Tielenau springs, which is very turbulent by Dithmar standards, got its current appearance in the Ice Age. Erosion created a system of valley cuts that widened to such an extent that only remnants of the old plateau remained as so-called "witness mountains", the highest being the Heidberg.Where a mixed forest with mostly conifers characterizes the landscape now, things looked different 150 to 200 years ago. With the exception of small strips of deciduous forest on the steep slopes in the west and south, heathland was widespread here, as it was everywhere on the poorer soils of the Geest. They were created through forms of cultivation by humans. Clearing of the primeval deciduous forest, forest grazing, leaf hay production and sod cutting had given rise to huge heath areas around Welmbüttel, Schrum, Immenstedt and elsewhere on the Dithmarscher Geest. Sods are sods that have been cut off, mostly from heather vegetation, which used to be used, for example, as bedding in stables or as building material.
Around 1900, systematic reforestation of the heaths began here, mostly with spruce, interspersed with smaller stands of larch and pine. However, a dwindling remnant of heather was able to hold on to the Welmbüttel Heidberg. Some plant and animal species that depend on drought, warmth and a lack of nutrients can still survive here. In addition to heather, these are sheep's fescue, curled hairgrass and bedstraw. Among the animal species, insects are particularly noteworthy, such as tiger beetles, various wild bee, wasp and spider species.
Source: echt-dithmarschen.de/Typical-dithmarschen/Seeswuerdigkeit/details/heidberg-im-kreisforst