The "Brudertal" is a valley where hunter-gatherer groups of Magdalenian culture camped 14.000 years ago. Near the Petersfels cave, they hunted for deer and held domesticated wolves. Apart from archaeological excavations, this place had not received much attention for a long time, the cave had been overgrown with trees and shrubs. This has changed in 2003 when vegetation was cleared to re-build a late ice age landscape. Until now, the Brudertal area serves as a manicured ice age themed leisure park. 

The volcanic mount "Höwenegg" was once sculpted by ice and meltwater. It was cone-shaped and 812 meters tall. Due to basalt mining, the mountain lost 14 meters of its height and where once was solid rock is now a crater, 85 meters deep, which turned into a lake fed by rain and groundwater. The stone quarry closed in 1979, since 1983 the Höwenegg is a nature protection area. 

The tallest volcanic mount in the region is the "Hohenhewen". The area surrounding this hill has already been inhabited in Bronze Age, during which agriculture began to flourish. Today, the Hohenhewen overlooks heavy extractivist practices in wood, soil and bedrock. The land is mostly privatized, used for agriculture, forestry and a proliferating gravel pit. When walking through this landscape, fences and barriers dominate the experience.

The valley "Wasserburger Tal" is scattered with caves and jurassic rocks sculpted by ice and water. This former stone age hunting ground is now home to a hunting school. On most days, gunshots echo loudly through the valley; an irritating sound which tortures local animals and nearby villagers alike. Over the last couple of years, the trees are dying in even larger numbers; all are damaged by bark beetles which spread rapidly due to monoculture, temperature rise and draught. Other changes? The road for the cars is brand new now.