헤시쉬 올덴도르프‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

Beautiful single trail along the Walterbach.

The approximately 2700 footprints of different types of dinosaurs are in one of the Obernkirchen sandstone quarries. They were discovered in 2007 and 2008 and exposed by paleontologists from the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover. The traces were found within the 6 to 9 meter thick Obernkirchen sandstone, which lies under younger surface layers here. The trace fossils are attributed to the Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous, about 145.5 to 140.2 million years ago) and lie in two horizons. In the lower horizon there are mainly traces of smaller theropods, which are often referred to as "raptors" in the media. In the upper horizon, traces of animals from different ages that resemble Iguanodontipus and cf. Caririchnium dominate. The fact that the traces were so well preserved is due to the fact that the fresh prints were quickly superimposed by storm sands. Source: Wikipedia

Scenic, lovingly laid out hiking trail! Unfortunately, the climb is closed for two months from 01.06.21.

Great hiking trail - for young and old 😊

... explains which dinosaur tracks can be seen here, what time they come from and what scientists can read from the tracks.

The path was often crowded the last weekends. From May 1st the public order office controls. Stick to the StVO and pay attention to each other.

Great hike on narrow paths along beautiful streams. Big compliments to the sponsors who “look after” this path and keep it accessible! Thanks a lot for this

Very beautiful, gentle valley with many meadows along the Waltershagener Bach. In March / April, under the beech trees that are not yet leafy, a variety of spring flowering plants can be seen - spring flowers, celandine, wood anemones, lungwort and so on. In addition, huge carpets of wild garlic grow everywhere. But be careful! The Waltersbachtal is a nature reserve (NSG). If you want to harvest wild garlic for your homemade pesto, there are also plenty of collection points outside the NSG.