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Very nice view and 2 small climbs

A wonderful descent towards Zarpen. It starts off rather gently and then becomes increasingly steeper. Certainly not easy, at least by northern German standards.

Unfortunately, the now visible part of the Kalkberg is only a sad remnant of the once imposing hill, upon which once stood one of the few hilltop castles in Northern Germany. How different would the town's (tourist) development have been if there had been no intensive limestone mining and gypsum extraction, no Thingstätte (place of worship), and no Karl May Festival? A local historian and Hamburg's Hafencity University have undertaken a joint project on the Kalkberg and the Siegesburg castle on it, taking a virtual journey back in time to the era before both disappeared. A foretaste of the impressive result of this collaboration can be seen here: https://www.kreismuseum-segeberg.de/se1644/.

quiet field road with good surface

This view of Lübeck is on the road from Pöhls to Heilshoop. There we stand on a ridge of a terminal moraine that frames the Lübeck depression. This ridge runs on a line Heilshoop, Zarpen, Reinfeld and reaches a height of around 70m at Zarpen. The Lübeck depression is a good 60m lower. This means that in many places - provided the weather is favorable - we have a good view of Lübeck with its famous silhouette.

When driving west you have a great view of the sunset

In the center of the village of Zarpen is the high medieval brick church. It was started in 1221 and is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the district of Stormarn. https://www.stormarnlexikon.de/evangelischekirchezarpen/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorfkirche_Zarpen

Unfortunately, Cafe Kunterbunt has been closed for a long time.