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The Herthateich pond is the ideal place to experience Burg's unusual topography (forest and hills in the heart of Dithmarschen). It combines nature (orchard), culture (open-air stage), and history (Bökelnburg Castle) in a very small area. The Herthateich is located in the center of the health resort of Burg. The area is characterized by a strong contrast to the otherwise rather flat marsh landscape of Dithmarschen. Because Burg lies on the geest (a ridge), the area around the pond is hilly and wooded, giving it an almost fairytale-like, sheltered atmosphere.

Kudensee is a municipality in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein, and also the name of the largest lake in the Dithmarschen district. The Kudensee, with an area of 38.9 hectares, has been a nature reserve since 1935 and has been expanded to 172 hectares since 1992. The lake is the last shallow-water lake in the Elbe marshes and an important European bird sanctuary. It provides a habitat for numerous bird species, including the rare bittern, and serves as a resting place for many migratory birds. The Kudensee is characterized by its extensive reed beds, remnants of marsh forest and willow bushes. The bottom of the lake consists of both soft mud and hard sand. Due to its shallow depth of a maximum of 1.2 meters, the lake has an almost uniform temperature and oxygen distribution, except when the ice is closed, which can be unfavorable for the fish. The fish species living in the lake include bream, white bream, roach, perch, ruffe, eel, pike and zander.

Since nature is still in order very quiet to relax.

The Kudensee is the last surviving Dithmarscher See, which was once formed from sea bays. Today the Kudensee has a water area of around 40 hectares and is home to a large number of different marsh and water birds.

beautiful vantage point over the kudensee

The old harbor basin of Burg is now an idyllic pond. Via the Burger Au you could get to Burg by water, where mainly peat was traded. When the Kiel Canal was opened in 1895, it severed the Burger Au, which has flowed into the canal ever since. However, the Burger Hafen remained active via a lock to the canal. But it soon became too small and in 1920 the port was closed.

The path is only recommended in dry weather. The view of the landscape and the Kudensee is great. Since this place cannot be reached by car, it is correspondingly quiet and peaceful here. There is a bench to sit on and enjoy nature.

Three stone tables were found at the Hertha pond, which are boulders completely smoothed by glaciers. One of the stones was stolen in the 1950s. The other two are still at their original place of discovery directly at the Hertha pond, where they were placed in pre-Christian times. Hertha was the goddess of fertility and investigations have shown that this place may have served as a place of things where justice was administered.