리제부쉬‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪6‬개의 천연기념물

Apart from the raised embankment, unfortunately not much else can be seen. A shelter offers protection and a place to rest.

The Wilhelmsquelle is actually rather insignificant, but it is mentioned as a location in Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks. This gives it a certain fame. According to the information board, the water should not be drunk, as it is only a seepage spring.

Several springs rise from the Riesebusch ridge - including the "Wilhelmsquelle" (named after Wilhelm Jensen - a friend of Emanuel Geibel), which Thomas Mann mentions in the novel Buddenbrooks. The Riesebusch and the Wilhelmsquelle were immortalized in literature by Thomas Mann in the novel Buddenbrooks (6th section) or in Ludwig Ewers' Die Väterstadt. On the excursion described there, they hike through the Riesebusch to the Wilhelmsquelle. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riesebusch

The castle complex is located on the Langen Hörn. The hill is surrounded on three sides by the Schwartau, so the castle never had any great fortifications. Not much is known, but it was probably owned by the bishop, who administered the diocese from Old Lübeck. The castle complex is several hundred meters long and can be walked along its entire length. The ramparts that separated the castle sections from each other are still clearly visible.

On Wikipedia, you can't find out why Blücher was supposed to have been here in 1806 in Blücher's biography. But if you look up the Battle of Lübeck in 1806, everything is described about how Blücher lost. The oak tree was replanted at the turn of the millennium. If all that doesn't interest you: the path is a good connection from Schwartau to Ratekau with a cycle path tunnel under the main road.

Saved us from a shower.

Large wall gives an idea of the castle.

From the hiking trail it is only a very small detour down to the source. We met a young man who, with his bicycle and trailer, filled a box with glass bottles.