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Beautiful resting place under old trees with a view over the Schmalensee

With the best view of the Schmalensee

This is not actually a parking lot, but you can always park your car here.

On good asphalt with slight waves and curves through the forest past Bornhöveder See, Schmalensee and Belauer See. If you like, you can pause on rustic granite benches at the Holsten memorial stone and look out over the Schmalensee.

The main motif on this transformer box in Belau is the Belauer Castle, today a guesthouse, in the idyllic surroundings of the Belauer See. Swans fly over the lake, the property is bordered with field stones. On the side of the box is a boulder with the inscription 750 years of Belau and the town's coat of arms. The castle is said to go back to a manor house in a castle complex that had been there since the beginning of the 13th century. The inscription refers to the 750th anniversary of the town in 2014. The coat of arms and the palisade fence in the lower part also indicate the former castle complex. A black hooked plow is depicted in the center, showing the importance of agriculture to the community. The sea leaves on top of the coat of arms stand for the Belauer See and Schiersee lakes, which are rich in fish. The color white indicates the old community name Below, which is of Slavic origin and means "white".

On a nice dirt road you suddenly come across this old oak tree and wonder how old it is.

Camping site with gastronomy

It is variously described as the thickest oak in Germany and is therefore one of the most well-known oaks of all. It has the enormous trunk circumference due to large trunk outgrowths. The trunk is said to have gotten this thickening from the repeated eating of young twigs by grazing cattle. The main base then reacted with strong scab formation and flooding. It is said to have lost its crown towards the end of the 19th century down to a height of 6 m. To date, the oak has slowly regenerated and formed a new top branch and side branches. In the 1970s, young people set fires in the trunk, which severely damaged the oak. You can still see the blackened interior. It is one of the fastest growing oaks, which is why an age of 300 years or more would theoretically be possible given the rapid annual growth. If this development continues, it could soon be the strongest oak in Germany, since it is only 8 cm apart from the alder oak.