The best traffic-free bike rides around Holste

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This is truly a nature experience

You can take a nice break

Take a break with a beautiful view of the floodplain. Or simply relax, breathe deeply, and enjoy the silence.

Few potholes and therefore easy to drive.

"FriedWald" is first and foremost the name and trademark of FriedWald GmbH in Griesheim. In cooperation with municipalities, churches and forestry authorities, this company offers the possibility of natural burial in appropriately designated forests. The forests are normally accessible to anyone at any time, even with dogs on a leash, and there are no special fences around the grounds. There are currently around 90 FriedWald forests in Germany. For the burial, you choose a tree in the forest area accompanied by a forester. The number of burial places per tree is limited, and trees with free spaces are marked with colored ribbons. The special thing about the burial places is that no grave decorations may be laid down, even during the burial; nature should really remain natural here and not be destroyed by seeds and contamination. The only thing that indicates the grave sites are small plaques on the trees with the names and dates of birth and death. The burials are non-denominational, but can also be carried out under supervision and with a small prayer by a priest or pastor. For deceased children up to the age of 3, so-called star children, there is a special shooting star tree under the protection of older, stable trees. Within the forest cemetery, there can be forestry work at any time and trees can also be toppled or broken by storms. This is part of the naturalness of the forest cemetery.

Revitalization of the Billerbeck Development goal The Billerbeck and the adjacent floodplain areas should develop into a natural habitat that is valuable for flora and fauna and typical of the natural area. The model for the stream is a natural and structurally rich Geest stream that can develop dynamically after its creation (taking water management concerns into account). The stream: The Billerbeck is an originally gravel-filled lowland stream and a tributary of the Lune with a length of around 11 km and a catchment area of around 41.33 km². Before the compensation measures were carried out, the Billerbeck was a straightened, deepened body of water that mainly ran in a standard profile and therefore had little structural diversity and hardly any plant growth in the water. The following measures were used to initially create the natural and diverse structure: -> relocation of the course of the water in a meander and creation of diverse water cross-sections > installation of gravel in sections as a natural bed substrate > installation of dead wood, base sills and flow guides to raise the bed and increase structural diversity > construction of sand traps to reduce harmful sand deposits in the stream > natural redesign of the Stubbengraben and Oldendorfer Bach tributaries. The floodplain area: In the floodplain area on both sides of the Billerbeck, a mosaic of different habitats is planned, each characterized by a high degree of moisture and low intensity of use or no use at all. The following habitat types are to be developed: mesophilic grassland, wet and wet grassland, moist to wet woodland, fallow land, reed beds and temporary and permanent still waters. As part of the construction work, still waters and clearings with different depths and woody plantings were created. Extensive use is also intended to create species-rich grassland habitats. In addition, fallow areas are planned that can develop without any use at all. The design and implementation plan for the measures was drawn up by the engineering group agwa GmbH from Hanover. The structural implementation was carried out by ARGE CSK Schlichtmann Kulturbau GmbH / Georg Grube GmbH, which also took care of the construction of these signs and the forest sofa.

Beverstedtermühlen watermill The Beverstedtermühlen watermill was built around 1850; its history, however, goes back to the Middle Ages. The mill belonged to the noble residence of the Lords of Beverstede, later to the Archbishop of Bremen's Beverstedtermühlen estate. It was located on the trade and postal route from Hagen to Bremervörde, which crossed the Lune here through a ford. This is probably where the town of Beverstedt originated. The milling operation was abandoned around 1950; in the 1970s the Lune was straightened and the mill pond filled in. The building fell into ruin until private initiative restored it to its original form. Today it houses a gallery for fine art with changing exhibitions. Internet: www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de