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Wanderverein Kreis Steinburg e. V.

July 15, 2022

The Ochsenweg, also Heerweg (Danish Hærvejen, Sakservejen or Adelvejen; Low German Ossenpadd), is a historic country road on the Kimbrian Peninsula from Viborg in Denmark to Wedel in Schleswig-Holstein. From the 16th to the 18th century, the ox drift, an important cattle drive, ran along its routes.

The route called Heerweg in Denmark leads from Viborg via Silkeborg, Vejle, Vejen and Aabenraa to Padborg. Further south are many larger towns in Schleswig-Holstein along the way, such as Flensburg, Schleswig, where previously the Viking settlement of Haithabu and Rendsburg. In Rendsburg, the Ochsenweg splits into an eastern route via Neumünster and Bad Bramstedt and a western route via Itzehoe and Elmshorn. The two routes meet again in Uetersen to lead to the destination of the Ochsenweg, the Ochsenmarkt in Wedel.

Due to the competition from port cities and Elbe crossings, however, the path branched out in the last few kilometers. In earlier times, the most important Elbe crossing was a ferry connection from the Hetlinger Schanze via the island of Lühesand to the southern bank of the Elbe. In the Middle Ages, Hamburg became the most important city on the Lower Elbe. The ox toll was located at the entrance to the ox trail in the Hamburg area. Since the Danish rulers of Schleswig-Holstein preferred to direct trade to their own ports, the Ochsenweg also had branches to Glückstadt and Altona.

The route at Flensburg and at Schleswig/Haithabu is striking: the main route led past the city to the west on the Geest ridges, and the former route in Flensburg is now the route of a bypass road. In addition, there were branches from the north-west and south-west to the port cities on the fjords. Other overland roads such as the Angelbowege branched off from the Ochsenweg.

Along the historic Ochsenweg, two wooden horns were set up at prominent traffic junctions to remind people of the course of the route.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochsenweg

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Location: Hadenfeld, Kreis Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ochsenweg Horn Sculpture

1. Nanke’s Café am Luisenbad – Mühlenteich Circular Trail loop from Schenefeld

2. Mühlenteich Circular Trail – Nanke’s Café am Luisenbad loop from Schenefeld

3. Bonifatiuskirche Schenefeld – Picnic area on the Ochsenweg loop from Schenefeld

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