Todesfelde: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Todesfelde can be explored through protected heathland, barefoot experiences and local history. For those looking to rent a holiday apartment, this overview brings together facts about nature, activities, routes and historic sites.

Nature

In the northern part of the municipality of Todesfelde, the protected Barker Heide lies next to the Segeberg Forest. Its open heathland and grassland habitats provide a home for Red List meadow-nesting birds, including the Eurasian curlew, common snipe and northern lapwing, as well as the rare woodlark.

Experiences

Barfußland features a corn maze with winding paths, junctions and small puzzles. The maze is redesigned every year. The green route is Barfußland’s main barefoot trail and is designed for all visitors. The barefoot trail is more than 1,000 metres long and leads over a variety of natural surfaces. These include wood, sand, bark mulch, clay, bog, streams, rounded glass, peach stones and LEGO bricks.

Optional sections of the barefoot trail include mud, wobbly bridges and climbing elements. Barfußland offers themed workshops, nature rallies and environmental education; the grounds can also provide outdoor play, climbing, barefoot activities, rallies, games and picnics. For day use, pavilions with a barbecue and tables are available to book, and snacks and drinks are available on site.

The Barfußland grounds can be reached by car via the Bad Segeberg / Leezen exit of the A21. Free parking is available directly at the grounds.

Routes

The 42-kilometre Mönchsweg excursion route to Nütschau Monastery passes the small church in Todesfelde.

Culture and History

Archaeological work in the Todesfelde area documented settlement remains from the Bronze Age and the pre-Roman Iron Age. These include a cemetery with 150 Bronze Age cremation graves; the main find was the Todesfelde Urn, dated to around 500 BC.

Todesfelde Church is a Neo-Gothic brick church inaugurated in 1900. Its clock tower was installed in 1910 by J.F. Weule of Bockenem/Harz. The apse window group was redesigned in 1967 by the artist Max Schegulla. The organ associated with Todesfelde Church was built in 1864 by the Dresden court organ builder Jahn.

More local pages: Bornhöved, Nehms, Hasenmoor, Blunk, Trappenkamp, Krems Ii, Weddelbrook, Hüttblek.

To the higher-level travel overview: Segeberg.