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Moorkaten War Graves Cemetery loop from FFH-Gebiet Kaltenkirchener Heide

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Moorkaten War Graves Cemetery loop from FFH-Gebiet Kaltenkirchener Heide

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Moorkaten War Graves Cemetery loop from FFH-Gebiet Kaltenkirchener Heide

01:18

5.13km

10m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Kaltenkirchener Heide

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325 m

Moorkaten War Graves Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

Dead bodies of two camps were buried at this tomb during the Second World War:
In the whole right-hand side of the square in the mass graves of hundreds of Soviet prisoners of war who perished in a Wehrmacht camp in the fall of 1941.
In the left front edge of the square 184 concentration camp victims.

kaltenkirchen.de/de/rathaus-politik/die-stadt/geschichte.php

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1.90 km

Stacked logs in Kaltenkirchener Heide

Highlight • Structure

2.34 km

Kaltenkirchener Heide West Entrance

Highlight • Natural

The Kaltenkirchener Heide is a former training ground of the German Armed Forces, which was declared to be the FFH area (fauna-flora-habitat area) after abandoning the military use in 2008 together with the "Heidkatener Heide". Since then, a natural paradise for rare and / or endangered plants and animals has developed.

In June 2015, the Kaltenkirchener Heide with about 460 hectares was also declared a National Natural Heritage, which covers approximately 186,000 hectares nationwide. These are nationally important forest and open land areas with high biological diversity from the federal assets, which are developed and maintained for future generations.

In the FFH area forests, rare dry and nutrient-poor grasslands, heaths and Borstgrasbestände occur. In particular, the open habitats harbor a highly specialized flora and fauna. Among them are up to 20 plant species of the Red List of Schleswig-Holstein.

Source: Info flyer - FFH area Kaltenkirchener Heide

kaltenkirchen.de/de-wAssets/docs/aktuelles/13_faltblatt_kaltenkirchener-heide_v02_webversion.pdf

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2.72 km

Kaltenkirchener Heide Crossroads

Highlight • Trail

simply nice to cycle here

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2.91 km

Memorial Site on the Kaltenkirchen Concentration Camp Trail

Highlight • Historical Site

There are long earthen embankments on both sides of the path. They were built by the concentration camp prisoners' manual labor. Wheelbarrows full of rubble from the runway were driven onto the small embankments and then tipped on top.

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