Top 4 Natural Monuments around Großer Segeberger Lake

A steep staircase is easily walkable

The salt dome beneath the area around Lake Segeberg and the Sühlfeld is a so-called salt diapir – a geological structure that forms when layers of salt from the depths are pushed upward through the overlying rock. Salt is plastic and less dense than the surrounding rock, which is why it "rises" upwards due to pressure over millions of years. A geological cross-section typically shows: • At the bottom are massive salt deposits (mainly rock salt) that were deposited in deep sedimentary basins. • The salt has been pushed upwards by movements in the subsurface, bulging or breaking through the overburden (sandstones, clays, limestones). • This forms a "stock" of salt, which creates a dome-shaped structure in the overburden. • Tensions are often found around the salt dome, leading to faults and fractures in the rock. • Lake Segeberg lies partly in the depression created by these tectonic movements.

These salt domes are geologically significant because they often contain deposits of natural gas or crude oil, and the upwelling of the salt strongly influences the structure of the subsurface. At the same time, they influence groundwater conditions and can cause problems due to subsidence during mining activities.

Photographer and sculptor Klaus Kammerichs created the multifaceted work "Five Columns for a Red Indian / Old World – New World" in 1992 as a contribution to the cultural program of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Five tall reinforced concrete steles stand on a meadow by the Great Segeberg Lake – an impressive monument with a total size of 528 x 950 x 600 cm. The steles are covered with an irregular pattern, featuring notches, surfaces, and lines on top of each other at different levels. See: https://sh-kunst.de/klaus-kammerichs-alte-welt-neue-welt/#:~:text=F%C3%BCnf%20hohe%20Stelen%20aus%20Stahlbeton,Linien%20in%20verschiedenen%20Ebenen%20%C3%BCbereinander.

Five high stelae made of reinforced concrete stand on a meadow by the Großer Segeberger See – an impressive monument with a total size of 528 x 950 x 600 cm. The stelae are covered with an irregular pattern, with indentations, surfaces, and lines overlapping each other on different levels. The eye wants to follow the labyrinth and decipher it, feeling like it's in a thicket. The shapes and surfaces alternate between smooth and rough, between positive and negative. If you take a few steps back and look at the work from a greater distance, the abstract-looking lines suddenly make sense: like a woodcut, the portrait of a Native American emerges. Photographer and sculptor Klaus Kammerichs created the multi-layered work “Five Columns for a Red Indian / Alte Welt – Neue Welt” in 1992 as a contribution to the cultural framework program of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. The portrait shows He Dog, a chief of the Oglala-Lakota-Sioux, who participated in the 1860s and 1870s in the last great freedom struggle of the northern prairie Native Americans against the US Americans. The monument evokes diverse associations, it is reminiscent of the canyons and valleys of the American prairie as well as the annual Karl May Festivals in Bad Segeberg. The columns are reminiscent of totem poles from the Old World as well as skyscrapers from the New World. And the broken image of the Native American gives a clear indication of his fate. Person Klaus Kammerichs Klaus Kammerichs was born in 1933 in Iserlohn. From 1947, he completed an apprenticeship as a photographer and worked as a press, advertising, and industrial photographer. In the 1950s, he had his first encounters with modern art. In 1953, he attended a seminar on “Subjective Photography” with Otto Steinert. In 1954, he first participated in exhibitions at photokina in Cologne. From 1956–1960, he studied fine arts under Otto Pankok and Otoo Coester at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. In 1968, he began creating three- and four-dimensional (kinetic) sculptures. Since 1975, he has had various commissions for sculptures in public spaces. In 1973, he received a professorship at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, where he was dean from 1978–1984. In 1994, he received the David Octavius Hill Medal from the German Photographic Academy. He lives in Cologne and Demerath in the Eifel.

wonderful photo opportunities on many shore sections, which always look different depending on the light and cloud situation

Enjoy this 8.5-kilometer circular trail near Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein. The route is generally classified as moderate and can be ...

Photographer and sculptor Klaus Kammerichs created the multifaceted work "Five Columns for a Red Indian / Old World – New World" in 1992 as a contribution to the cultural program of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The columns are reminiscent of both Old World totem poles and New World skyscrapers. And the fractured image of the Indian provides a clear indication of his fate. One must find the right perspective, and then the five columns form the overall picture. But that's not so easy.