Bylerward

Bylerward City of Kalkar
	Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '12 " N , 6 ° 15' 48" E
Height :	12.2–17.7 m above sea level NN
Area :	7.28 km²
Residents :	50 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	7 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	47546
Area code :	02824
Location of Bylerward in North Rhine-Westphalia

Bylerward is a district of the Lower Rhine city of Kalkar in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Kleve . The thinly populated polder area between Wissel and Emmericher Eyland is drained by the Kalflack river , which flows around the polder to the west and flows into the Rhine opposite Emmerich . Minor drainage ditches are the Volksgatt and the duck marsh ditch .

The approximately 728 hectare area is a landscape protection area and is mainly used for agriculture . Since the 1960s , the polder, which previously experienced annual floods , has been protected by a massive winter dike .

fauna and Flora

The fauna of Bylerward includes common wild animals such as deer , hare , pheasant and duck , but also fox , badger , muskrat and bat . Large groups of Arctic geese overwinter in the Bylerward area during the cold season .

The following birds can be observed: swan , white stork , lapwing , black-tailed godwit , curlew , oystercatchers , cormorants , buzzards , kestrels , barn owl , long-eared owl , little owl , partridge , martin , barn swallow , cuckoo , jackdaw , lesser spotted woodpecker , wren , Goldfinch , Sedge Warbler , Kingfisher , graycatcher , treecreeper , lark and various species of herons , pigeons , gulls , tits and finches .

As rare amphibians or insects that occur in Bylerward, a report mentions the natterjack toad , crested newt and former reed hunter , a type of dragonfly .

The flora of the hedges and roadsides consists of willows , sloes and hawthorns .

Usage plans

A planning project presented by state authorities around 2000 envisaged designating a large part of the polder (720 hectares , 30 million m³ ) as retention area. It met with popular resistance and has not been pursued until today (2015).

Plans for the construction of a runway for glider pilots (and perhaps also some sport aircraft ) have not been pursued until now (2015) after protests by concerned residents.

Landscape in Bylerward
High seat
Kalflack in winter

Web links

Commons : Bylerward - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Amt Grieth in GenWiki , online encyclopedia of the Verein für Computergenealogie eV , Erkrath, accessed on March 28, 2015
↑ City portrait. City of Kalkar, accessed October 27, 2019 .
↑ Inventory of flora and fauna in Bylerward (PDF) by Wolfgang R. Müller, Rees, 2009, accessed on March 28, 2015
↑ N. Sterk: All beetjes helpen , online publishing Digibron (Dutch), accessed on 28 March 2015

[GENWIKIAG-1] Amt Grieth in GenWiki , online encyclopedia of the Verein für Computergenealogie eV , Erkrath, accessed on March 28, 2015

[2] City portrait. City of Kalkar, accessed October 27, 2019 .

[MUELLER-3] Inventory of flora and fauna in Bylerward (PDF) by Wolfgang R. Müller, Rees, 2009, accessed on March 28, 2015

[STERK-4] N. Sterk: All beetjes helpen , online publishing Digibron (Dutch), accessed on 28 March 2015