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The church in Stellau is a simple fieldstone building dating from around 1230. Over the centuries, the building underwent several structural alterations; the chancel was demolished in 1634 and again in 1651. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the building was reinforced with slanted buttresses at the corners. A wooden bell tower was erected in 1851. The church furnishings include a medieval crucifix and a figure of a bishop, a sandstone baptismal font donated by Heinrich Rantzau in 1593, and a wooden pulpit from 1560, which was repainted around 1640/50. The organ dates from 1844/45. Contact: https://www.kk-rm.de/der-kirchenkreis/einrichtungen/institution/institution/ev-luth-kirchengemeinde-stellau/

5,810 meters of track remain from the Himmelmoor Peat Railway. Built in 1900, it was used to transport peat from the mining area to the peat works on the eastern edge of the moor, operating on constantly changing routes. Small diesel locomotives, some of which were built in-house, pulled the trains carrying the peat floes until mining ended in 2018. Since 2015, the Himmelmoor Peat Railway Association has offered tours on the remaining line. The association maintains the railway and the industrial facilities. Trains are also regularly used for renaturation work.

Peat cutting, i.e., the above-ground extraction of peat, is no longer economically viable today. Peat as a fuel has largely been replaced by other high-energy fossil fuels. Many large-scale peatlands suitable for industrial extraction have now been drained. New peat cutting areas are only permitted under strict conditions. Raised bogs have an important regulatory effect on the water balance due to the large amounts of precipitation they can absorb. The preservation of the original habitats serves landscape conservation and species protection, as most species of peatland flora and fauna are considered threatened or critically endangered. Bogs grow extremely slowly; an intact peat body increases in thickness by only one millimeter per year. It therefore takes a thousand years for a one-meter-high layer of peat to form. Thus, bog areas recover very slowly during restoration attempts.

In the middle of the moor - sometimes not even recognizable

Beautiful tour past the Stör

very tasty ice cream in the Kellinghusen city center

Self-service on a farm with ice cream and drinks

beautiful small old church with free-standing bell tower.