- Free admission
- free of charge / accessible at any time
Sauerland-Seelenorte - Himmelssäulen
Nature reserve/natural monument | Diverse nature experiences
The Himmelssäulen in Medebach-Glindfeld are a row of trees with 38 Douglas firs. The old giant trees are known as the largest living things in the Sauerland, towering up to over 60 meters into the sky.
Properties:
The Himmelssäulen are one of the Sauerland-Seelenorte in the Sauerland-Wanderdorf. The history of the Sauerland-Seelenorte by Michael Gleich and other useful information can be found at www.sauerland-seelenorte.de.
About its origins:
At the end of the 19th century (1893), the Prussian state forestry administration launched a field trial and distributed Douglas fir seeds to the forestry offices. They found particularly good conditions in Glindfeld.
Directions
The Himmelssäulen can only be reached on foot or by bike. Parking lot: St. Laurentius Chapel, Glindfeld 13, 59964 Medebach-Glindfeld from here approx. 1.5 km
