Go hiking in the beautiful old beech forest

In Klinteskoven, deciduous forest alternates with conifers, and the forest offers great experiences with lakes and steep hills, soft valleys and swamps. The rugged terrain constantly opens up new experiences, and there are ample opportunities to study floral flora and birdlife. Some of Denmark's oldest beech trees grow on Timmesøbjerg. Several of them are more than 400 years old and can thus be dated back to the time of Christian VI. Usually beech trees grow max. 200 years, but the trees here are particularly strong and resistant to fungal attack. This is because the trees have an extremely low growth rate, which, among other things, can see the rings in the tree, which are very close. The slow growth is due to a lack of the nutrients iron and manganese, which bind hard to the lime in the soil and thus prevent the trees from absorbing the important growth substances. The soil layer here is particularly thin, and there is not far down to the chalk. It is for the same reason that the leaves of the trees are often more yellow than green. This condition is called chlorosis. Large parts of Klinteskoven are untouched forest and have been for a long time. Here, nature is allowed to take care of itself.