ラシュテーデの天然記念物・トップ20

Ice-Man-Woman -2003 Ice-Man-Woman -Location: Varel-Hafen-Schleuse -Sculpture made of three interlocking boulders -Height: 8 meters, standing on a mound -Weight: approx. 25 tons -Other material: nose, eyes, mouth made of bronze, hat made of aluminum (Source: https://www.eckartgrenzer.de/2003/eis-mann-frau/)

Ice Man Woman Topic: The Flood (Genesis 7) The ice ages were, as the Brockhaus of 1889 put it, the floods of the north. The end of the last ice age was about 10,000 years ago. The ice masses retreated from the North German lowlands and left behind boulders, stone descendants of the granite masses of Scandinavia, which were once used by our ancestors for ritual or cultic purposes. The granite sculpture at the lock to the Jade Bay, the ice man woman, looks over the dike to the north, to the place of her origins, her homeland. Standing tall between the sea and inland waters - waters that represent the two rivers of the Bible, the Euphrates and the Tigris. So He-She is both a symbol of the flood of the north and its end. Children in particular enjoy discovering a snowman, especially in summer. But how long – considering the increasing global warming – will they be able to build snowmen and snowwomen? In this respect, the sculpture is also a memorial. The snowman is dedicated to my disabled daughter Tina, who often visits him and who enjoys it. May he bring joy to all people, disabled and non-disabled alike. (Source: https://www.eckartgrenzer.de/2003/eis-mann-frau/)

An effect of global warming? Here stands a granite snowman that defies all weather conditions

A special experience can be had here in April/May, when the bog myrtle blooms.

The Moorhauser Polder is a flood polder that stores the flood waters of the Hunte. This year the water is particularly high due to the rainfall of the last few months. You could tell from the drift on the grass that it wasn't a meter higher. The Moorhauser Polder is an El Dorado for water birds. This year 15,000 barnacle geese and 10,000 white-fronted geese rest here. It is a spectacle when they fly in in the evening with loud cries and then fly off again in the morning to look for food.

The observation tower only slightly improves the view. It was difficult to get to the tower today. There is still a lot of water in the moor.

The hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’ ® astonished the gardening world in 2003: For the first time, the renowned plant breeder Prof. Dr. Michael A. Dirr and his team from the University of Georgia in Athens/USA succeeded in breeding a hydrangea that blooms on old and new shoots. New buds form regularly and open in the same summer. Ball-shaped flowers repeatedly add new color accents well into late summer. This clearly distinguishes it from other hydrangea varieties that do not form flowers on one-year-old wood. Another plus point is its remarkable winter hardiness! Thanks to the new flowering behavior, pruning is also easier. ‘Endless Summer’ ® can be cut back in spring without any problem, without having to forego a bounty of flowers in summer.

During the Ice Age, stones from Scandinavia reached northern Germany - such as the 217-ton Elbe boulder. Today, visitors to the Mineralogical Museum can learn more about this geological migration