Osterholz Geest
The Easter Holzer Geest is an undulating, sandy moraine between the cities of Bremen, Bremerhaven and Bremervörde.
Geography
The Easter Holzer Geest is the southern part of the Weser mouths Geest. To the west it borders the Easter Stade called marshland on the east bank of the Weser River and in the east on the Hammeniederg with the Devil's Moor. To the north it merges into the lowlands broken by Geest ridge between the coastal marshes and the Wursten Oste, which forms the northern part of the Weser mouths Geest. In the south, it ranges as high banks up to the rivers Weser and Lesum. This sharp Geestrand continues northeastward by the municipality and the county seat Ritterhude Osterholz- Beck, in the area of Bremervorde continued. There, the Easter Holzer Geest touches at Karlshöfen the Zevener Geest. The yoke which form these two Geest back at this point, goes back to a Saalian glacial glacier and is the northern end of the Hamme- glacial valley is, in the lowlands of the Devil's Moor has formed.
The northern and western Geestrand other hand, are flat and go to the northwest in the area of Bremerhaven in the Beverstedter Moor Geest about. The highest elevation above sea level is achieved with 48 m on Long heath between Osterholz- Beck and Garlstedt.
Management
The greater part of the landscape belongs to the district Easter wood, the north to the district of Cuxhaven, and the district of Rotenburg ( Wumme), the south-west to the city of Bremen Bremen -Nord. The border area between north of Bremen and the district Easter wood is also called Bremer Switzerland.
Colonization and vegetation
In the south of Easter Holzer Geest extends from Schwanewede, Bremen -Nord, Ritterhude and Osterholz- Beck existing urban ribbon. The rest is sparsely populated. About half consists of arable land, nearly one-third is covered by forests, mainly coniferous forest. A part of the forest area in Garlstedt and Schwanewede is not publicly available for reasons of military use.
Cultural monuments
In the summer of 1982, a comprehensive survey was carried out by a working group for historic preservation in the city and district Osterholz- Beck. It was known that (compared to the 19th century) a large number of sites, mainly through the progressive colonization of the room, had been deemed destroyed. There should be a review of the observations of the former district Curator H. hinge plates, the archaeological land survey by HJ kill man (former Department Soil Preservation in the Office of Administration ) and years of observation of KP Schultz (head of the county history museum easter wood) carried out to clarify the actual situation and its state to win. Thus, in 1982, were on the county and city area following aboveground visible monuments:
- 9 megalithic tombs Megalithic grave Osterholz- Beck
- Megalithic stones in Axstedt
- Stone chamber at Meyenburg
- Environmental and Vorgeschichtsweg " Seemoor " at Lübberstedt
All nine megalithic tombs are located on the Easter Holzer Geest. Based on the numerous characteristic pottery finds in these plants is referred to these prehistoric phase as the Funnel Beaker culture.