ダッセルの天然記念物・トップ20

The Rothestein Cave is a special highlight here. It's open from April to September. The climb is probably not suitable for everyone. Maybe I'm too tall for it. 😅

The story of the Rothestein Cave is interesting and exciting!

The Lunauquelle, a great place to rest, the idea with the drinking cups is super great. Stamping point for the WS Wilde Heimat since autumn 2024 (stamp 35). Can be reached via some great paths, from here it is not far to the Sollingturm.

A very nice idea is to attach scoops for the Lunauborn here. 👍

The Hellental valley is a feast for the eyes. Comparable valleys are rare in the Solling region. Everything is wonderfully peaceful here.

The Hellental valley, stretching from Mecklenbruch in the southwest to the village of Hellental in the northeast, features extensively used grassland in some areas, including remnants of montane mountain meadows, and is one of two representative areas for submontane matgrass meadows in the Weser-Leine Uplands. The near-natural meadow stream "Helle" is bordered by small wet meadows and some riparian woodland. A geological peculiarity is the disappearance of the stream. In some places, the water of the Helle vanishes into a ponor (swallow hole) only to reappear elsewhere. This is caused by the intense tectonic stress on the Muschelkalk limestone that has subsided into this Solling graben, resulting in its highly fractured state. https://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/naturschutzgebiete/naturschutzgebiet-moore-und-walder-im-hochsolling-hellental-43611.html

Nice clear spring water

In the season when the cave is accessible (April 1st - September 30th) you should take the chance and go inside. The narrow, long corridor conveys an exciting cave feeling. Today, however, one can no longer really imagine how cult sacrificial rituals took place here in the Bronze Age. Alfred Wollemann examined this cave for the first time in 1853 and found shards of pots, bones and tools made of bronze. The finds have been scientifically assigned to the Bronze Age. His descriptions of human sacrifices and cultic acts are now considered to be reliable.