Natural Park Trail Bielefeld 6: Geology - Quarries as Witnesses of Time

See the landscape with different eyes
With the "NatureTimeTravel", the dimension "time" with its diverse facets in the natural and cultural landscape becomes tangible for nature and hiking enthusiasts on six selected hiking trails in the Teutoburg Forest near Bielefeld.
The "time" includes the history of the landscape, as it has been shaped and influenced by the people living here over centuries, but also the natural cycle of plants and animals in the seasons and their life phases. This also includes the "moving" history of the Earth, which created the Teutoburg Forest around 70 million years ago.
Themes are assigned to the trails, which are brought into focus by "time windows" and "witnesses" during the hike. Thus, the defining theme of circular route 1 is the still recognizable impact of historical forest use by humans. Routes 2 and 3 focus on the seasons in the beech forest. The traces of often hidden signs of human life can be explored on route 4, and routes 5 and 6 show what possibilities the Earth's history has created for vegetation through the shaping of different geological formations and what consequences this has for local biodiversity.