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Kugelberg (Highest Natural Hill in East Frisia)

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Kugelberg (Highest Natural Hill in East Frisia)

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Kugelberg (Highest Natural Hill in East Frisia)

Name: Kugelberg (Highest Natural Hill in East Frisia)
Rating: 2

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Holle Sand

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Location: Uplengen, Leer, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Fairy Houses in Holle Sand – Hollensand Nature Reserve loop from Großoldendorf

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2. Hollensand Nature Reserve – Fairy Houses in Holle Sand loop from Kleinoldendorf

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3. Fairy Houses in Holle Sand – Hollensand Nature Reserve loop from Kleinoldendorf

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🌼 verdreht 🌼

April 19, 2022

highest natural elevation in East Friesland (18.6 m)

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Eilt Zandvoort

July 29, 2023

THE BALL MOUNTAIN

The Kugelberg is still the best-known (and at around 18 m one of the highest) hills in East Friesland. In the 1950s, when the Hollsand was still a destination for whole families, it suffered greatly from the leisure activities of the many visitors. When there was snow in winter, there was a wonderful toboggan run here.

At Easter, the last Easter eggs are rolled down the mountain and everyone is then eaten together. Over the course of the year, the young people (as so-called "hooligans") tested the bikes they had put together here again and again. When the time for mopeds came, the nature conservation authorities fenced off the Kugelberg and dumped deadwood on the egg and toboggan run. Then came the Kugelberg to rest and shrubbery, heather and grasses formed again.

In the 1970s, the district of Leer bought the first areas and attempts were made to direct visitors by building barriers. On the old roads and paths, visitors did not accept the barriers and partially removed them. The interest of the population changed over the next few years. Through television and general motorisation, leisure time behavior changed and people withdrew more and more from Holland.

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Regina

October 7, 2020

After all, with 18m, the highest hill in East Friesland is located in a beautiful forest!

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Alwin R 🚲

July 13, 2024

Hollesand forest and heathland

In this forest and heathland area, the highest natural elevation in East Frisia rises at 18.6 m.

The 125-hectare "Hollesand" nature reserve is a wooded dune area with hiking trails, located on the Oldenburg-East Frisian Geest plateau between Neudorf, Großoldendorf and Neufirrel. However, the original size extends far beyond the nature reserve. In this dune-like, beautifully situated forest and heathland area, the highest natural elevation in East Frisia rises at 18.6 m: the Kugelberg. From here you can look over Neufirrel to Wiemoor. This nature reserve is ideal for walking, and the many information boards always give you good orientation, and benches spread across the entire area invite you to linger.

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Mystik 🥾🚶‍♀️🥾🚶‍♀️

March 19, 2024

Beautiful tour, very natural and more than enough benches to relax

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Victor

December 31, 2023

A small mountain, nice to look at

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Location: Uplengen, Leer, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Kugelberg (Highest Natural Hill in East Frisia)

1. Fairy Houses in Holle Sand – Hollensand Nature Reserve loop from Großoldendorf

2. Hollensand Nature Reserve – Fairy Houses in Holle Sand loop from Kleinoldendorf

3. Fairy Houses in Holle Sand – Hollensand Nature Reserve loop from Kleinoldendorf

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