Since its earliest days Albersdorf, being a junction for major travel routes,
was an important trading post. With the construction of the Kiel Canal, which
joins the North and Baltic Seas, in 1895, the town experienced a big commercial
boom. In 1963 a German military base was established. Today, Albersdorf is known
as a health resort, particularly for its good air, and one of the favoured holiday
destinations in the Dithmarschen region. Surrounded by expansive forests and
set close to the North Sea, the town boasts a very healthy climate. In the town
centre, the health resort gardens are home to an open-air stage with 2000 seats
and the Kneipp facilities. These facilities are fed by a natural well and offer
health resort visitors hydropathic cures and treatments. The surrounding forests
invite visitors to wander along one of the numerous, well-marked trails. The
heated open-air pool and its giant 77 m long water slide are also a must to
visit.
The "Brutkamp" Stone is a special point of interest and important
monument; one of the biggest and best-preserved prehistoric grave sites in Northern
Germany. Under ancient trees, an enormous granite block, nearly 10 m around
and 1,5 m across, rests lazily on five supporting boulders. The grave itself
is about 3 m in diameter and 1 m deep.
The classical archaeological square mile
The classical archaeological square mile lies in the East of the Dithmarschen
district, in dense forest, right next to the Kiel Canal. Sandy uplands form
this landscape along the German North Sea coast. The area owes its name as the
"classical archaeological square mile" to numerous grave sites from
the Stone and Bronze Ages. The idyllic rural countryside are strongly influenced
by Albersdorf and the Kiel Canal.
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