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Bölles Oaks (Herford Mining Trail)
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Bölles Oaks (Herford Mining Trail)
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M B
February 8, 2018
Hiking
"When the Bölles oaks were once planted, nobody knows today, but why the Bölles oaks are called Bölles oaks is well known." The three oaks, always the focal point of …
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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")
July 31, 2026
Hiking
The legend behind the oaks:
The mighty trees, which once served as a meeting point for herds and as a marker for the boundary lines, got their name from an act of recklessness:
A young shepherd from Herdorf named Peter Trapp set his dog on a grazing herd from Biersdorf over 100 years ago. The dog drove the animals (including a bull) to the Bölles oaks, where a bloody fight broke out between the bulls from Herdorf and Biersdorf. To everyone's surprise, the incident ended peacefully and the historical story has been preserved to this day.
The mighty trees, which once served as a meeting point for herds and as a marker for the boundary lines, got their name from an act of recklessness:
A young shepherd from Herdorf named Peter Trapp set his dog on a grazing herd from Biersdorf over 100 years ago. The dog drove the animals (including a bull) to the Bölles oaks, where a bloody fight broke out between the bulls from Herdorf and Biersdorf. To everyone's surprise, the incident ended peacefully and the historical story has been preserved to this day.
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