The new and to date unsual regulations of distance between persons in public brought up a new phenomena: it is getting crowded on walking trails and parks around Brunswiek. In the absence of alternatives such as cinemas, exhibitions, shopping centres or sport events more and more people start going for a blow. I cannot remember that I have witnessed such an amount of “new faces” around me in the past years upon my jogging routine. So, where can I find rat runs these days? There are the woodlnds of Elm and Lappwald nearby the city, well-known to me from my salad days. Well, it is not really a hiking area in my mind, such as the Harz Mountains. However, you can still find beautiful things and keepsakes from the past. Therefore I set off to Bad Helmstedt a kind of health resort close to Helmstedt, the former border town, to start my Lappwald-tour from there. I’d like to tell you about this adventure today, about my insights and lookouts. We solve quizzes, have a D\u00e9j\u00e0-Vu with the old convoy road and discover a white mountain which I did not know of before. And what is a dispute forest?<\/p>\n
You have to pass seven quiz-stations<\/strong> Discover the undisovered!<\/strong> Back in the Brunnen valley<\/strong>
\nWe start our tour at the Brunnentheater at Bad Helmstedt. The first quiz station is right there and it goes: “What’s the name of the first play showed at the Brunnentheater written by Kotzbue. Well? Honestly, I have no clue and I might not be the only one. However, we do not care and thus enjoy the blooming nature and the wonderful weather that day. Plus I instantly realize that my bill went open: there is litlle traffic on the trails by strolers and bikers. <\/p>\n
\nOn our way, about 13 km altogether, we pass by the villages of Schwanefeld and Beendorf. However, we cross Beendorf and discover an ancient medieval-aged church and a well there. Later on, right at the village limit, we come across something unsual. It looks like a part of the alps, however it is just a mining dump from a salt pit. But it shines bright in front of a deep-blue sky. We move on a reach the former border trail with information boards on what has happened there during the division of Germany and shortly after it. Very touching stories.<\/p>\n
\nWe reach the Clarabadteich at the Brunnen valley. We have almost reached our starting point. We enjoy again the idyll and the silence around the lake. I remember my days of childhood when we used to make our weekend-trips here, enjoying a cup of coffee after a walk in one of the caf\u00e9s which do not exist anymore. That is the change (run) of the time, I guess. However the Brunnentheater is still shining brigth in the beginning sunset.<\/p>\n