Herseler Werth

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Herseler Werth
Rhine island Herseler Werth
Rhine island Herseler Werth
Waters Rhine
Geographical location 50 ° 46 '40 "  N , 7 ° 2' 40"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '40 "  N , 7 ° 2' 40"  E
Herseler Werth (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Herseler Werth
length 1.678 5  km
surface 14.8 ha
Residents uninhabited

Herseler Werth, aerial photo (2019)

The Rhine island of Herseler Werth is located between Bonn and Cologne in the village of Bornheim - Hersel (Rhine kilometer 660.80 L) and is a nature reserve . It is 1,678.5 meters long and has an area of ​​14.8 hectares. Since December 1993, the Werth has not been allowed to enter and is therefore the last not freely accessible Rhine island in North Rhine-Westphalia . Between 1202 and 1237 there was a large flood of the Rhine to the west . Parts of Hersel and the old Roman road between Bonn and Cologne were probably washed away and the Rhine Island was created.

The island is planted throughout with poplars that were planted by human hands after the Second World War . After the Herseler Werth has not been allowed to be entered since the end of 1993, plants grow there and animals live on the island, which are very endangered and some are included in the Red List of the Federal Republic of Germany .

The Rhine develops an unusually strong current between the island and the Herseler Ufer. In 2004 a teenager drowned here. On October 27, 2009, a 500-kilogram aerial bomb from World War II was found during work on the bank at low water . In the course of the defusing work, areas of the localities of Hersel and Uedorf ( left bank of the Rhine ) and Rheidt and Mondorf ( right bank of the Rhine ) were evacuated. The bomb could not be defused, but had to be blown up in a controlled manner by the experts.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Herseler Werth" nature reserve (SU-031) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

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