ジルツェンの天然記念物・トップ20

A short hike through the mixed forest, especially on hot and sunny days. It's ideal for accompanying a dog, as there are play and swimming opportunities both at the Rantzau stream and at the small forest lake.

The Lübeck Trade was an important trade route in the Middle Ages that connected the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg. Several memorial stones along this route commemorate its historical importance.

At 76.8 meters, the Boxberg is not the highest elevation in the Aukrug Nature Park, but it is one of the few moraine peaks in central Holstein that deserves the name "mountain." The Itzespitze, at 83.4 meters, is even higher than the Boxberg. Today, only a few beech trees grow on the grounds of the Boxberg recreational forest. If you want to learn more about the Aukrug Nature Park and its origins, visit: https://nationale-naturlandschaften.de/gebiete/naturpark-aukrug.

While we can no longer imagine our landscape without the road network that cuts through everything, we may well ask ourselves at this point: When and for what purpose did all this come about? Why did people want and need to get from A to B at certain times? Peaceful trade is definitely preferable to warlike reasons.

The pond was drained and the Sellbek stream was given a new bed. The stream now meanders through the former pond bed. (May 2024)

Very beautiful valley. Easy to reach on foot from Hohenlockstedt

Especially now for the blueberry & heather blossom very nice! Natural hiking trails. The Sellbek has its headwaters and upper course here. This seems to have just been renatured.

Nice shore paths and with a bathing area. Unfortunately, the latter is home to unpleasant clientele - as is often the case when larger towns are nearby.