Foundation land Schäferhaus, Handewitt
The extensive, wild pastures in the shepherd's house invite you to take long walks through a savannah-like landscape.
On a hot summer day with shimmering heat, you feel like you are in another world in the northern part of the Schäferhaus Foundation Land. At first glance, you think you've been transported to the savannah of Africa. On closer inspection, however, you realize that the umbrella acacias are hawthorns, the wildebeests are galloways, and the supposed zebras are actually koniks. Thanks to the history of the area's use - there was no intensive agriculture here, decades of military use, and now more than ten years of grazing with Galloways and Koniks - a landscape has emerged that is very similar to that in southern Africa. As in the south of Africa, the landscape is characterized by the grazing activities of large herbivores, whose way of life creates a habitat for a variety of animal and plant species.
In the nature experience area in the northern part of the foundation land, the significance of the semi-open pasture landscapes as well as archaeological-historical aspects of the landscape development are presented in a tangible way at various stations.
