Nature Park Trail Bielefeld 1: Relics of historical forest use

Landscape seen with different eyes

With the "NatureTimeTravel" on six selected hiking trails in the Teutoburg Forest near Bielefeld, the dimension "time" with its diverse facets in the natural and cultural landscape becomes tangible for nature and hiking enthusiasts.
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 in their life phases. This also includes the "dynamic" history of the Earth, which created the Teutoburg Forest around 70 million years ago.
Themes are assigned to the paths, which are brought into focus through "time windows" and "witnesses of time" during the hike. Thus, the defining theme of circular path 1 is the still recognizable impact of historical forest use by humans. Paths 2 and 3 focus on the seasons in the beech forest. The traces of often hidden signs of human life can be explored on path 4, and paths 5 and 6 show the possibilities that Earth's history has created for vegetation through the shaping of different geological formations and the consequences this has for local biodiversity.