シュネーヴァーディンゲンの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ20

The small shelter is modeled after a historic beehive... inside, a historic beehive illustrates a bee colony and its individual inhabitants... right next to the shelter, you can also get the corresponding stamp for your hiking pass.

On the way to or from Wilseder Berg, you'll pass this beehive and learn about bees and their honey from the heath. There's also a stamping station here.

Great railway cycle path, great to ride!

Since the 1870s, every heath farm has had heathland, its own herd of sheep and its own beekeeping. The Bockelmann farm's sheep barn served as a summer barn at the time - the surrounding heathland was grazed from here. The farm's herd of Heidschnucke sheep existed until 1972, as one of the last farms - keeping Heidschnucke sheep became uneconomical. For decades, the sheep barn that "survived" has been a popular photo motif for postcards and photo reports, and is also a listed building. The barn is clearly too small for today's large Heidschnucke herds of the Nature Conservation Park Association (up to 1000 animals) - it is therefore only used as a shelter for agricultural machinery. [Information board on site]

From Brockel, the cycle path that was built in the 1980s on the old railway line goes via Bretel to Wittorf. From Wittorf, you can reach Visselhövede directly via the cycle path on the B440. There is a brand new connection from Sandhasenweg, the inner-city cycle path in Rotenburg, mostly on the old railway line towards Visselhövede, to the brand new Fidi-Boon-Wech via Hemsbünde to Brockel. This is the cycle path on the old railway line Rotenburg - Brockel. All in all, a great connection. Fast and interesting and of course it also works the other way round.

It is well signposted, there are places to sit and rest, and the shelters are also in top condition.

An ideal corner for a rest. There is a beautifully manicured lawn, benches and a weather shelter. A few information boards then even explain the history of this place.

There have been beekeepers with their bees in the Lüneburg Heath since the Middle Ages. The harvest of the regional specialty, the heather honey, is very time-consuming and only limited to the 6-8 weeks of the heather blossom. Then the beekeeper must have a place for his bee colonies in the heathland so that the bees can collect the single-variety heather honey. This tastes completely different than other honeys. The difficulty for the beekeepers is feeding the colonies throughout the summer and the laborious processing of the heather honey. This is a tough mass and not as easy to throw as normal honey. So the bees have a lot of work to do when the heather is in bloom. Incidentally, bees and moorland sheep work together unconsciously: the moorland sheep move across the heathland and trample on the spider nests, which would otherwise pose a danger to the bees. From the end of September you can then buy the new harvest of heather honey from the beekeepers in the Lüneburg Heath. Source: https://www.lueneburger-heide.de/natur/artikel/15338/die-heide-bienen-ernten-den-leckeren-heidehonig.html