Osenberge

The Osenberge are one to 23 m above sea level. NN high dunes in the district of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The hill -like Osenberge located in the northwest of the Natural Park Geest average of 14 km ( straight line ) south of Oldenburg, just south of Bümmerstede or immediately northwest of Sandhatten which are districts of the municipality Had respectively. In the West, Osenberge in south-north direction are passed by a section of the Hunte, northwest lies Wardenburg. The Osenberge form a nearly closed forest belt, immediately south of the barracks, to the south propagating from the southern border town of Oldenburg until after Sandhatten. Only in the middle of the forest area is divided by the village lying there Sandkrugbrücke into two parts, the Osenberge south sand pitcher regarding forest area and height clearly dominate. The northern area, near the barracks, is used by the Bundeswehr as a training area. The Osenberge are no mountains in the sense actually, since they are only a few meters rise above the level of the western and eastern hinterland (see accompanying map ).

The Osenberge are the highest elevations of the region, such as Oldenburg is only about 5 to 7 m high. Your two highest, with each 23 m above sea level. NN same high elevations of the box mountain south of Sandkrugbrücke and greed mountain northwest of Sandhatten; from the last-mentioned "mountain" you can enjoy the view over the valley of the River Hunte. Within the forest or woodland Barneführerholz the Osenberge are large areas covered with ancient pines.

History

The sand- rich landscape of Osenberge has been shaped by the glaciers of the last ice age ( Weichselian ) by blowouts and washouts. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period led massive destruction of natural resources in the form of centuries of Hudewirtschaft and unregulated timber industry to an extensive Verheidung the Osenberge. Due to the grazing areas by the flocks of sheep, no new forest could develop. Plagge bat in the context of the eternal rye construction as well as for stray recovery led to very poor soils to a formation of large drift sands and training meter high sand dunes. Towards the end of the 18th century resulted in the formation of massive dunes become a threat to agricultural land and settlements. This led in 1803 to a study conducted by the Oldenburg State targeted cultivation of the resulting wasteland of Osenberge, determining the dunes and subsequent reforestation in the form of a pine monoculture. However, this proved in the subsequent period to be very susceptible to wind damage. On November 13, 1972, the holdings were almost completely destroyed by the hurricane Quimburga within a few hours. However, in subsequent years, there was a renewed reforestation taking into account new findings in forestry.

Say

From the legendary world is known that a dwarf people to have lived in the Osenbergen. Furthermore, in the Osenbergen plays the legend of Oldenburg Wunderhorn.

Approach

The Osenberge are in the vicinity of the stop Kiebitzweg in Sandkrugbrücke, which is served by local bus number 315 of the Oldenburger Transport and Water GmbH.