バルトルムの天然記念物・トップ20

The valley is named after the plant Pirola, which has become rare after the valley was drained.

Still amazingly skate-friendly paved path through the very beautiful Priola Valley. But it always depends on the season, if and how much sand is on the way.

Top designed bike path and one of the few longer routes on the island that is also reasonably fun with inline skates.

The Pirola Valley has recently been called “Krähenbeerental”. The island's drinking water reservoir (freshwater lentil) is located in the Pirola Valley. The entire island gets its drinking water from there. Rainwater collects in this valley and seeps away. In the past, not all rainwater seeped away and the Pirola plant thrived. At some point the golf course was built, requiring so much water that the freshwater lens shrank and the valley became drier. The plant disappeared. Now the predominant plant in this valley is probably the crowberry ;) It is also very important for coastal protection that no salt water from the North Sea spills into this valley, because then the duckweed would no longer be drinkable for a very long time and the residents would need a water pipe from the mainland.

"We're hiking into the Pirola Valley. A wide dune landscape opens up before our eyes; We briefly see a light brown deer appear among the various shades of green, otherwise crows, magpies and seagulls accompany us. The Pirolatalweg is a paved, approximately two kilometer long path on which there are currently few bikes on the road, so that we can walk side by side in a relaxed manner. The Norderpad takes us south up to the viewing dune, the top of which is decorated with the former distress observation station, now a colorful bunker. Wide view over the island, more northwest oriented than the view from the higher Melkhörn Dune." https://www.komoot.de/tour/937709522

The clear destination is the Flinthörn, which we admired in the rain on the second day, but which is even more pleasant to visit in bright sunshine. “The Flinthörn is an area in the southwest of the East Frisian island of Langeoog, whose name is derived from the two terms Flint (flint) and Hörn (flood hook). Since 1986, the Flinthörn has been part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park as a quiet zone (protection zone I). The area was previously designated as the “Flinthörn Nature Reserve” from 1963 onwards because of its outstanding nature conservation significance.” We are not disappointed, two deer are waiting for us just behind the second sand curve, but they quickly flee. Once again we have the path to ourselves, only at the Flinthörn bird watching hut do we meet two or three people. Apart from a thick garden spider that is fatally ensnaring a wasp, no other game appears.

Definitely worth a detour!

From the Melkhörnüne you have a wonderful view over the island.