Büngerner Dingdener Heide – a true nature experience in the north of Hamminkeln! Forests, HeidenMeadows and fields alternate here like in a picture book, making the landscape as diverse as it is captivating. Perfect for breathing deeply, exploring, and enjoying.

Anyone traveling here embarks on a journey through time. This is particularly enjoyable while cycling or walking: every corner of the Dingden Heath tells a different story of the landscape's history. Centuries ago, people used the deciduous forest as pastureland. Cattle and pigs grazed on acorns, beechnuts, and young shoots – the forest thinned, leaving behind mighty old trees, the so-called "pasture trees." Some of them still stand today, silent witnesses to centuries past.

From the 17th century onward, land use increased further, forests were cleared – and suddenly, barren, open heathlands spread. The next change followed in the 19th century: rapidly growing pine forests were established, their timber highly sought after in mining. When large forest fires raged in the 1920s, a new phase began: meadows and pastures henceforth dominated the landscape, accompanied by livestock farming. Since the 1960s, modern agriculture has finally become part of the landscape.