이로우어 숲 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

It's easy to park here and then walk to the Ihlow monastery. It's only a kilometer away by car, or you can take a lovely walk in the forest first. This is certainly very pleasant in the hot summer months. You can refresh yourself in the monastery café, and when the weather's nice, you can also sit outside with a view of the monastery garden.

Frisian freedom means: self-determination, responsibility, collective action, democracy, and tolerance. But also: lightness, color, cosmopolitanism, freedom, and expansiveness. Monika Kühling's land art project conveys all of this with its personal, artistic associations. And so a fantastic interplay of wind and flags, tracks and banners, old trees, and ancient texts emerged. Symbols of vitality and freedom. (Text excerpt by: Uda von der Nahmer/Bernhard Buttjer) See: https://www.ostfriesland.travel/urlaubsthemen/wanderurlaub/wandern-in-wald-wiese/sehenswuerdigkeit/100035081--auf-den-spuren-friesischer-freiheit

In the Footsteps of Frisian Freedom There, the artist Monika Kühling from Funnix has used ribbons, flags, banners, and cloths to manifest the fundamental law of Frisian Freedom, the so-called "History and Freedom," in the forest. This so-called land art project guides hikers on their way to the monastery site and is intended to symbolize a bridge between the independence of the Frisians and the motto of the Cistercian monks, "ora et labora" (pray and work). Both are inextricably linked to the history of East Frisia and Ihlow. The monastery, located near the "Upstalsboom"—the meeting place of the Free Frisians—served as the chancellery and archive of the all-Frisian "Frisian Freedom" movement. The seal of the monks of Ihlow also became the symbol of the Free Frisians in the Middle Ages.

The Ihlow Forest is a mixed forest area covering approximately 350 hectares in the municipality of the same name in East Frisia. Today, it is primarily composed of beech, oak, and other deciduous trees. Conifers are rare here. The forest became particularly well-known through excavations at the former Cistercian monastery. See: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihlower_Forst

The Ihlow Forest is a mixed forest area covering approximately 350 hectares in the municipality of the same name in East Frisia. Today, it is primarily composed of beech, oak, and other deciduous trees. Conifers are rare here. The forest became particularly well-known through excavations at the former Cistercian monastery. See: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihlower_Forst

There are numerous paths in the Ihlow Forest. In addition to the main paths, there are also smaller side paths, which can often be very muddy. After weeks of rain, small bodies of water tend to form in the middle of the forest.

Beautiful in every season!

The forest around the Ihlower Forst is very beautiful to hike through. A stop at the monastery café is worthwhile ☕🍪