ヘルダーラントの天然記念物・トップ20

It can be busy on weekends. It is a popular hiking area.

Bekendelle is one of the few swamp forests in the Netherlands

The castle has changed its appearance in many ways over the centuries. The current building dates from 1905 and was built by Herman Theodore s'Jacob, the scion of a noble family. His father Frederik Bernhard was mayor of Rotterdam and his grandfather was governor of the Dutch East Indies. The architecture goes back to older styles, but the interior still contains features of the Art Nouveau style that was popular at the time. The rest of the estate is still largely intact and the castle garden has also been restored with honor.

Before 1830, the Beekhuizerzand was part of a large quicksand area. Between 1880 and 1930, it was planted with pine trees on a large scale, especially to prevent dusting. It was also used as a military training area and opened for recreation from 1963. In 2004, many fly pines were felled and the top layer removed from the ground, so that it has become a real quicksand area where the destructible sand has been released again. The area is grazed by sheep.

Walked in the summer, beautiful piece of forest.

Climb the 75.9 meter high Duivelsberg and you will be rewarded with a beautiful view of the wooded area and the meadows of the floodplains below the moraine. The Duivelsberg nature reserve of the same name is approximately 125 hectares in size and is covered with deciduous trees, including a large collection of sweet chestnuts. There are many stories about the history of De Duivelsberg. For example, in the 11th century it was the strategic location of a motte (wooden) castle called Mergelp. From the first motte on the edge of De Duivelsberg it was easy to keep an eye on the surroundings. In addition, the hill has a sacred meaning for many and is still used for ceremonies. There are also stories that women who were accused of being witches, were drowned and bandaged in this place. This area originally belonged to Germany and was called Wylerberg or Teufelsberg, but was annexed after the Second World War. Unlike the other areas, the Duivelsberg was not returned, but it is still Dutch land property.

The Wylerberg or Teufelsberg (Duivelsberg in Dutch) is a hill near Nijmegen that originally belonged to the German municipality of Wyler/North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1949, the British military administration placed the mountain under Dutch contract administration on a Dutch initiative and in 1963 it finally became Dutch territory. Source and link to the full article: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylerberg

The entire area between Duivelsberg and Beek and Berg en Dal is beautiful and it's just a joy to walk here.