오번펠트‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

The hornbeam forest is definitely worth a visit. Good information board with the creation and use of the facility.

On the Kutschenberg there is a group of trees directly on the former inner German border. Hence the name: WestEastern Gate. It is formed by two 12 meter high oak trunks, which are connected at the bottom to a stainless steel threshold. They are framed by 66 red oaks. Over time, these are supposed to grow over the oak trunks to symbolize the growing together of West and East. The WestEast Gate was opened in June 2002 by former Soviet head of state M. Gorbachev.

The West-Eastern Gate on what is now the Green Belt (then the inner-German border), inaugurated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 2002, was created by the artists Anka Förster and Robert Schätzle.

The head hornbeam forest dates from the time of the coppice economy. Back then, firewood was an important raw material. There was always a shortage of firewood, but also of grazing land for cattle. The solution was the use of head wood. The hornbeams were trimmed to a height of 2m so that cattle could graze under the trees without being able to bite the young shoots of the beeches. At the same time, there was enough firewood. The overgrown appearance was created by pruning the trees every 15-18 years.

The head hornbeam forest dates from the time of the coppice economy. Back then, firewood was an important raw material. There was always a shortage of firewood, but also of grazing land for cattle. The solution was the use of head wood. The hornbeams were trimmed to a height of 2m so that cattle could graze under the trees without being able to bite the young shoots of the beeches. At the same time, there was enough firewood. The overgrown appearance was created by pruning the trees every 15-18 years.

In the last century, firewood has become less and less important. The use of the stock has therefore been almost completely abandoned in recent decades. In 1995, the Landscape Conservation Association of the Landkreis Göttingen e.V. campaigned for the preservation of the trees and leased the area on a long-term basis in order to protect it from the threatened conversion into a high beech forest. Together with the Realgemeinde of Gieboldehausen, the hornbeams are used again in the usual rotation for meter wood production for fuel purposes.

I enjoyed the peace and the beautiful forest.

A mystical place, everywhere it bubbles and the color of the water is something very special.