Oxen were the trucks and pickups of their time. Imagine up to 50,000 big animals a year. They are noisy. Their hooves whirl up sand and dirt. And here are the cattle drivers, driving the animals from Denmark to the large cattle market in Hamburg, Germany. Now imagine how crowded this path full of oxen, carrying and trucking heavy loads, must have been. Until about 200 years ago, the Ox Road was the "autobahn" of Schleswig-Holstein of its time. Remember, the roads were neither nice nor smooth, but sandy and dusty. Even muddy and pulpy. For several thousand years, cattle and drivers moved along on this cumbersome journey. But not only they. Even knights, merchants, craftsmen, and pilgrims were on the move here. Nowadays, you can explore parts of the Ox Road by pushbike.