The best cycling routes around Natural Park Esterweger Dose

The Langholter Meer and Rhauder Meer is a protected landscape area in the district of Leer in the northwest of Lower Saxony.

The 35.8 km gravel loop runs along the towers. This agricultural road is NOT to be used and is closed off!!! The Jammertalstrasse should be approached from Langholt.

Here, you'll find everything a cyclist needs for a break, including comfortable seating, 24/7. And you can also get grilled food for a spontaneous barbecue. So be sure to stop by.

Funnily enough, the HL is now located at the Strenge company. It produces a wide range of soils and substrates. In the postwar period, black peat was highly valued as a fuel. In 1949, around 400,000 tons of fuel peat were extracted from the East Frisian moorlands, and the majority was produced using powerful machines. These machines operated in the moorlands, particularly around Ostrhauderfehn, from early spring to late summer. The compressed peat was transported from the moor in the fall by narrow-gauge railway and then loaded onto ships. A special peat loading station was set up over the canal of the 1st Südwieke, where the peat could be efficiently loaded onto ships. A narrow bridge made it possible to push the loaded peat piles onto the bridge, and up to 25 tons of peat could be loaded within a very short time. Not only peat ships were loaded, but also simple barges with a low carrying capacity. These barges were often unmotorized and had to be towed for miles. One or more people pulled the vessel with a rope, while the boatman steered the boat with a long pole at the stern.

Each mast is mounted on an approximately 3-meter-high ceramic insulator that can withstand a load of 4,000 tons and insulates voltages of up to 250 kV. The masts are each secured by nine guy wires at three levels, each offset by 120 degrees. Four masts form a common antenna that requires no overhead connection. The antenna is fed via coaxial cables to the tuning stations, where the power is adjusted and fed into the mast. It is worth noting that the antenna structure does not have a pronounced directional pattern, as it is smaller than the wavelength of 12.82 km at the current frequency of the DHO38. For inspection and maintenance work, there is a worm-gear-driven elevator and a ladder inside the masts. The elevator can transport up to three people and ensures safety through mandatory safety harnesses.

Superlatives The naval radio station is one of the tallest military structures in Western Europe and, at 352.8 meters, the second tallest structure in Germany, visible from over 30 kilometers away. The transmitter is located near Saterland-Ramsloh in the Cloppenburg district (Lower Saxony). The borders of the two districts of Cloppenburg and Leer run through the naval radio station site. Five antennas are located in East Frisia, and three are located in Cloppenburg. The site is surrounded by a 12-km-long, continuously monitored fence. A naval radio station with eight identical umbrella antennas mounted on 352.8-meter-high tubular steel masts. These masts have a diameter of 2.20 meters and wall thicknesses of 8 to 13 mm, depending on local loads.

"The central point of the tour is the turning harbor or turning basin." After an adventurous bike ride, you can enjoy a relaxing coffee break on the upper deck and take in the view of the surroundings. It's hard to imagine that half a century ago, where cars now roar across the busy intersection, ships with brown sails made their way. Three fen canals once met here: the Untenende, the 1. Südwieke, and the 1. Ostwieke, but the latter was filled in the 1980s. Instead of crossing the water, a federal highway now runs over the canal bed. At this important crossing point, two large drawbridges once stood, and there was the opportunity to go shopping or stop off at an inn. Just a stone's throw away, a small shipyard built and repaired wooden mastheads and tjalks. The neighboring blacksmith shop also manufactured fittings for the ships and peat digging equipment. The past seems long gone, but sometimes, when a lovingly restored tjalk moors in the turning basin, a touch of nostalgia wafts over this tranquil place, reminding us of times gone by.

Anyone driving through Skäddel must take a look at the beautiful gallery Dutchman.