パルの天然記念物・トップ20

This is the former home of the shell souvenir manufacturer D. Hauschild. In 1901, he had his house modernized and in the process decorated the windows, doors and corners of the house with shells that he bought in the Hamburg harbor and made into souvenirs. In front of his house there is a shell stone that he bought. He had it transported to his house from a bent wall near the Vaasbüttel brickworks. https://www.hohenwestedt.de/die-gemeinde/sehenswertes

The ring wall castle 'Kaaksburg' dates back to the 8th or 9th century. Its oldest known documentary mention dates from 1560-1576. The oval ring wall with a diameter of 80 or 100 m and a height of around 5 m was raised from dark earth, while the ground in the surrounding area is sandy, which is why it was assumed that the material came from the Bekau, which flows past in the southeast. At that time, the Bekau was navigable at least as far as the castle and was influenced by the tides until it was embanked; the area around the castle was still swampy and marshy at that time and was occasionally flooded. It was therefore assumed that the castle was built in this strategically favorable position to control the waterway. According to a folk legend, it once served as a base for pirates - sometimes Klaus Störtebeker is mentioned. While the country road between Itzehoe and Schenefeld used to bypass the ring wall to the east, today's L 127 runs right through the ring. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaksburg

In 1901, the shell souvenir maker Detlev Hauschildt had the house modernized in the style of the time and the windows, doors and corners decorated with shells that he bought in the port of Hamburg and processed into souvenirs. This is why the house is popularly known as the "shell house". Hans-Günter Kiene later moved in here with his tax office. As early as January 1892, Detlev Hauschildt had the so-called shell stone, which originally stood on a small elevation in a bent wall near the Vaasbüttel brickworks, set up in front of his "shell house". He bought it for six marks and had it brought to its current location on a sleigh pulled by eight horses; the transport was much more expensive than the purchase, namely 330.00 marks. The shell stone is a granite block that is two meters high and has a circumference of 5.20m. It tapers towards the top and has many small, bowl-shaped depressions on its surface. It is also a prehistoric sacrificial stone with man-made depressions to collect the blood of the sacrificial animals. https://www.hohenwestedt.de/die-gemeinde/sehenswertes

Interesting historic burial mound

An archaeological monument - 2 burial mounds from the Bronze Age

The Shell House is a building that has been decorated with countless shells. In front of the building there is a cup stone from the younger or older Bronze Age.

The Kaaksburg was a Saxon ring wall that was built around the year 800. It had a diameter of 80 m and 4 m high earth walls. The castle complex was intended to secure a trade route across the Bekau. Today, a wide street runs through the middle of the castle complex and cuts the ring wall in two. Right next to the castle is a rest area with a snack bar.

The Schierenwald is an 821 hectare forest in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein. A small part of 22.2 ha has been designated as a natural forest cell since 2008 and has not been managed since 1979. The forest area lies in the northern area of the municipality of Hohenlockstedt and is located between the villages of Lockstedt and Silzen. There are large occurrences of amphibians in several bodies of water (common toad, common frog, pond newt, crested newt). The rivers flow either over the Rantzau or the Mühlenbarbeker Au. The forest, which is particularly large and compact for Schleswig-Holstein, is home to older oak and red beech stands, predominantly coniferous forest and mixed coniferous forest stands that are over 100 years old. The forest is a state forest owned by the State of Schleswig-Holstein. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schierenwald