The best MTB trails in Nsg Rodewalder Lichtenheide

The Giebichenstein in Stöckse is considered the largest erratic boulder in Lower Saxony and is definitely worth a break. Those eager to climb can also manage to ascend it. Not far from it, there is a playground on the outskirts of Stöckse, and you can also reach the Stöckser See via footpaths.

At the site of the former "Hansa" oil field near Hademstorf in the Allermarsch region, approximately 160,000 tons of crude oil were produced between 1941 and 1970. Today, two restored horsehead pumps, installed on the foundations of the "Hansa 6" and "Hansa 9" production sites, commemorate this technical history. The pumps were used to bring oil to the surface from depths of up to 1,350 meters. Together with the historic oil bridge, they represent significant evidence of the regional oil boom—well-documented by the Aller-Leine Valley Navigator and open to the public as a technical monument.

At the beginning of May 1948, sheep, cattle, and wild animals fell victim to the previously unknown "Beast" almost every night in the vast heath and moorland areas surrounding Lichtenmoor in Lower Saxony. The population lived in constant fear and anxiety for their livestock. It was believed that a puma or a tiger, or possibly even a wolverine, was wreaking havoc there. A lioness with two cubs was also reportedly seen. The "Beast" was said to have killed over 100 sheep, 65 cattle, and numerous wild animals. Because meat was scarce in the postwar period, it is now assumed that there were many illegal slaughters. The appearance of the "Beast" made it easy to cover them up. Daily, hundreds of men, farmers, hunters, and police hunted this monster. Then, on August 27, 1948, the farmer Herrman Gaatz from Eilte killed the "Lichtenmoor Shrike" – a male wolf of considerable size. The Lower Saxony State Hunting Association erected a wolf stone at the spot where the large male wolf was killed. From the former Eilte train station, walk 2.5 km along a narrow road into the forest and find the wolf stone on the right side of the path. The skeleton in the museum archive and a single specimen of a head still serve as reminders of the predator from the moorland. The legend of the "Lichtenmoor Shrike" has become a piece of regional history.

Flowering rhododendron hedge in Nienhagen.

Across the Leine towards Gilten you have a beautiful view over the lush floodplain landscape.

Master Adebar has given himself a present... you just have to visit at the right time of year.

The Aller flows peacefully north of Bothmer.

Oil deposits in Hademstorf At a depth of 1000 m beneath Hademstorf there is an oil deposit that is one of the smallest in northern Germany. It was formed under a salt dome overhang. This oil deposit was created when chalk was dragged up by the salt rise. In this part, under the so-called salt dome transition, oil has accumulated in the pore space of a sandstone. A total of 160,000 tons of oil was extracted from these oil deposits between 1941 and 1970. Oil was also extracted from other deposits in villages in the area, such as Eilte and Ahrensheide. Source: Commemorative publication on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the village of Eickeloh https://hademstorf.jimdofree.com/%C3%B6lvorkommen-und-f%C3%B6rderung/