바트 에센‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

Beautiful, natural stream valley with a great, rooty forest path.

An idyllic, natural path leads along the Zwickenbach through this valley

Some attractions are set up here in addition to the main attraction, the bifurcation.

Just above Gesmold, the Hase forms a bifurcation. Here, the Else branches off from the Hase, causing around 2/3 of its water to flow into the Weser river system. It is still not clear whether this branch was artificially created to supply more water to the watermills of Gesmold Castle. A great environmental education site has been developed at the bifurcation since 2000. And there is also more information at the Terra Tip Bifurcation. Bifurcation Day takes place here every year on the first Sunday in May. Cyclists, families and nature lovers meet for an exciting festival with environmental education activities, concerts and delicacies. The extensive pastures around this striking place are grazed extensively and serve as a refuge for meadow birds such as lapwings, skylarks and also grass frogs.

Very well-preserved dinosaur tracks. The additional features, including two "real" dinosaurs and numerous information panels, liven things up. Absolutely worth a visit for dinosaur fans of all ages!

A destination for young and old dinosaur fans

The Zwickenbachtal is located on the edge of the Meller Mountains in the beautiful Osnabrück hills! From a geological point of view, the Meller Mountains were particularly badly disrupted and fissured by shifts and folds in the earth's crust, so that streams were able to dig particularly well into the soft rock along the fractures. Mountain ridges and V-shaped valleys were created, the orientation of which was determined by the flow of water. (Source: https://www.outdooractive.com)

A bifurcation (fork) is the natural division of a river, in which one of the resulting branches does not reunite with the other, but moves on independently and connects with a foreign river. It occurs on plains where the watershed is very shallow and barely noticeable and represents a rare geographic feature.