The cycle tour "Discover magical places in the nature park" is ideal as a day tour if you arrive with your bike by train.
It starts at the Metronom train station in Eschede.
The cycle tour takes you to a total of nine "magical places” that were designed by different artists. The artists have picked up on stories about the town as well as its history and other occurrences and interpreted them artistically.
Have fun on your discovery tour through a diversified landscape!
"The Flat Eight" in the
sandpit
Carl Friedrich Gauss installed a trigonometrical survey point on Waehlberg
hill. It inspired artist Wolfgang Jeske to erect a viewing platform with
references to the magnificent views and bearing points on hills. A figure of
eight lying flat in the sand represents a connection to the elaborate
number-crunching that goes it ordnance surveys.
Wind chimes at Hohenbostel
Artist Wulf Nolte of Celle has installed a fantastical wind chime to commemorate the dilapidated village of Hohenbostel. There are no records of the medieval village. The four oak frames symbolise the ancient and past, while the colourful metal plates suspended inside them stand for the new and modern.
What is Heather doing in Lutter
The artist Petra Förster from Braunschweig found an interesting way of implementing ‘Heather’ as a first name, a plant and a landscape in Marwede. A girl chiselled from stone known as “Heather from Lueneburg” sits in the mill trench all year round with water running all around her. The villagers have welcomed Heather as one of their own and decorate her head with a crown of heather in summer and a bobble hat in the winter.
Wishing stones in Endeholz
Marion Gülzow installed an artwork in Endeholz in 2001. She has created an artistic interpretation of the erratic rocks frequently found in the region and the hope of locals that their wishes may be fulfilled. Three large metal baskets are for collecting the stones that stand for the personal wishes of each collector that will hopefully be fulfilled.