The best running trails in Isselniederung

Nice resting spot and you enjoy total peace before reaching the moorland.

I was here to walk the LandStreifer „Diersfordter Wald“. This recommendable circular hiking trail offers many highlights, the picnic area with a view was one of them.

A bit inconspicuous and not easy to see from the road. But a small detour is worth it.

In 1571, it is noted that Ringenberg became Protestant. The parish no longer belonged to the Catholic parish of Dingden, but was oriented towards Hamminkeln, which was also Protestant. But what did that mean back then? Consequently, disputes repeatedly arose over who owned the church: the (Hamminkeln) Lutherans or the (Ringenberg) Reformed? In 1648, the Elector of Brandenburg (the Counts of Kleve had already been extinct for half a century) decreed that the church should serve both (Protestant) parties for worship. In the same year, 1648, he also enfeoffed one of his officers and comrades-in-arms from the Thirty Years' War with the lordship of Ringenberg. From then on, the von Spaen family (pronounced Spahn, not Spän) ruled there and had to set about rebuilding. For the village, castle, and church had been destroyed by the war, and the parsonage had burned down. In 1661, the castle was expanded into a Baroque palace. In the rebuilt church, a burial chamber was created under the choir for family members. A tomb slab from this period is still preserved (stands in the tower), and the saber under the organ also comes from the possessions of the von Spaen family. In the time of "Old Fritz", a new church was built, consecrated in 1754; the old one threatened to collapse and was demolished. According to the taste of the time and the plans of the architect Vierevandt from Arnhem, the church consists of an 8-sided brick building in the Dutch Baroque style, initially still without a tower. In 1907, a comprehensive renovation of the church took place, and only then was the 3-story tower with a Baroque "Schweifhaube" (curved hood) added. In 1933, the "Luther Oak" was planted in the square in front of the church to commemorate the 450th birthday of Martin Luther. In 1945, the church was largely destroyed. The burial vault and the wooden epitaphs (memorial tablets) of the von Spaen family were irretrievably lost. After the war, the architect Grütjen from Hamminkeln led the reconstruction; the church was reconsecrated in 1950. The then pastor Steinbach also ensured that displaced persons were settled on church grounds. Source: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde An Issel und Rhein

A very nice resting place

"The Protestant church in Ringenberg was built in the second half of the 18th century according to plans by the Dutch architect Vierevandt from Arnhem and consecrated in 1754. It consists of an elongated octagonal brick building and a 3-storey tower in the simple Dutch Baroque style. The tower has a tail cap on an octagon. The church dates back to a castle chapel mentioned as early as the 14th century. As early as 1571, the originally Catholic church was transferred to the Evangelical Lutheran community. The building was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The direct predecessor building was built from 1660/1661 and was so dilapidated in the 18th century that it had to be demolished. In 1907 and 1908, the church building from 1754 was extensively renovated and restored. The war damage at the end of the Second World War required the restoration of the coved framed mirror ceiling. However, the epitaphs in memory of the family members of the former lords of the castle, von Spaen, were irretrievably lost. Only a marble slab from 1768 in memory of Alexander Sweder von Spaen remained." https://www.hamminkeln.de/de/inhalt/evangelische-kirche-ringenberg/

Ferns grow endlessly along the side of the road.

A nice place for a breather.