Nice lakes
The Nette lakes are part of the Schwalm-Nette nature park in the left Lower Rhine region , near the Dutch border. You are in the town of Nettetal in the district of Viersen . They get their name from the river Nette , in whose valley these artificially dammed lakes are located, some of which have been enlarged by peat extraction.
The following are to be mentioned in detail: the Kleine Breyeller See (water area: 5.3 ha), the Great Breyeller See (9.2 ha), the Nettebruch (13.2 ha), the Windmühlenbruch (6 ha), the Ferkensbruch (4 , 5 ha), the small De-Witt-See (4.5 ha) and the large De-Witt-See (22.5 ha). Further downstream, after the Secretis swamp pass, the Krickenbeck lakes follow . Until December 31, 1999, the Kempen – Venlo line was served by the Wittsee stop .
See also
Web links
- Water birds enjoy the green Nette - duckweed and waterweed do no harm and attract many water birds
- Documentary film about the construction of a three-sided river as it was used on the Nice Lakes.
- Documentary film about the sawing of natural ice on the Nice Lakes.
Footnotes
- ↑ Rheinische Post of November 25, 2014, p. C3
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 10 ″ N , 6 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ E