Schneckenberg Friedrichsruh

On the way from the former Friedrichsruh railway crossing up to the Sachsenwald climbing park, you walk around a striking hill, the so-called snail mountain. What's it all about?
In a site plan from 1877 showing the Friedrichsruh train station and its surroundings, "Der Spiral Mountain" is drawn south of the level crossing as a circular facility with a narrow access path to the top. The snail mountain was probably created around 1846 with the construction of the Hamburg - Berlin railway line. No evidence of a hill in this area can be found on maps prior to this time. But during the construction of the railway, masses of earth accumulated, with which the snail mountain could have been built as a vantage point.
According to the information board at the snail mountain, it could also be a prehistoric burial mound that was converted into a viewing hill.Source: discovererrouten.org/snailsberg-friedrichsruh

It's nice to ride a bike, and it's certainly ok to walk too.