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Heidepark Essern is a park in Diepenau that is rich in local history and natural beauty. 🌳. Originally created in 1906 by teacher Friedrich Brinkmann with the help of the local community, it was designed as a park-like space for play, sports, and reflection. 🌿 The highlights of Heidepark Essern are the Erratic Boulder Park, with over 22 large glacial erratic boulders (erratics), including one weighing 80 quintals, placed throughout the park. More were added in 1911, forming a unique geological and memorial landscape. Botanical Diversity: Around 30 rare tree species were planted to enrich the flora and support nature education. Memorial: A touching memorial to fallen soldiers from the First World War, including a stone for the "unknown soldier," surrounded by beech trees and arranged in a symbolic manner. Barbecue Hut & Recreation: A cozy barbecue hut, built in 1980 and renovated in 2003, is popular with gatherings. The park also has seating areas and public restrooms. Size & Location: Covering 3.3 hectares, it is the largest park in Diepenau and ideal for quiet strolls or small group outings.

A "highlight" of the Kirchdorfer-/Kuppendorfer Heide-Rund; you have to do it ;-).

The tower with its three viewing heights is a great highlight in itself. The view from the top floor is very impressive

Little info from the internet: The Frenchman's Stone Today it is still called “Franzosenstein”, the one meter high sandstone column on the highest point in the community of Kirchdorf. This relic from the past always puzzles visitors. The following is recorded in the Kirchdorf community archive: Kirchdorf, which belonged to the Uchte district under Hessian administration, came under French rule in 1803. Under the direction of Colonel Epailly, survey officers erected a twelve meter high tower. At this point a first order triangle network (“Canevas die Triangles du Ier ordere executes par M. Epailly”). From here the following main points were recorded: the church towers of Twistringen and Asendorf, the signal towers on the Mordkulenberg west of the Dümmer in the Dammer Mountains (141 m above sea level), on the Hüttenberg in Grinderwald (101 m above sea level), a mountain near Loccum and the Knickberg (86 m above sea level). At the same time, French observers were able to monitor events in all directions. In 1813, after the French era, Kirchdorf fell back to Hesse and the twelve meter high tower was destroyed. In 1814, Prince Regent George of Hanover and England elevated his electorate to a kingdom, including the Hessian territories. In 1816, King George IV ordered the extension of triangulation to the entire Kingdom of Hanover. Under the direction of C. F. Gauß, the survey work also began on the Knickberg, for which he had a stone built with a pedestal and a slab on top, which fell victim to deliberate destruction. As a replacement, a one meter high sandstone pillar was erected with the carved inscription “Königl. Hann. Country. Surveying.”. This stone still stands on the Knickberg today, which is incorrectly referred to as the “Franzosenstein”. Perhaps arbitrarily by the Prussians who annexed Hanover in 1866 after the Battle of Langensalza. In 1886/87, as part of the Prussian survey, Prussian surveying officers built a wooden tower on a stone foundation at this point, which was then called the French Tower. After about 25 years, this too disappeared. In 1919 the decree came that no more towers should be erected. Today's visitor is no longer able to look out from all sides of the Knickberg. He is in the middle of the forest, where a bench invites him to rest. Not far from the supposed “French stone” there has been an embedded square stone with a cross for years, the so-called “trigonometric point”, which serves as a survey point for our land registry office for the height of the Knickberg (86 m above sea level).

This park-like facility was created in 1906. Over the years it became known widely as the Heidepark. First, a space of 30x50 m was cleared in the bushes. It was intended to serve as a playground and sports field. As a frame, a 2m wide path was created at a distance of 10m and a 1½m wide path at a distance of 5-8m with connecting paths to the square. 22 large boulders - the heaviest weighed 80 hundredweight - were painstakingly removed from the heath and then placed on the heath park, on the paths and in the bushes. In addition to these stones, which were brought in in 1907, a mighty boulder slab was added in 1911 added some small boulders.

Take the Moorbahn to the Moorpad. Then walking the pad or other paths through the moor always gives interesting insights into the moor.

In 1906, with the participation of the residents, a park-like facility was created by the then main teacher Friedrich Brinkmann. Over the years it became known widely as the Heidepark. https://www.essern.info/portal/seiten/100-jahre-heidepark-essern-1066-801.html

The view out into the moor is fantastic. Always a magical goal for me. 🌟📸👍 Even if you have to be extremely careful not to slip on the sandy path there and back.