Krickenbeck lakes
The Krickenbecker lakes , four by Abtorfung of fens formed lakes in Nettetal at the left Niederrhein in North Rhine-Westphalia . They were given their current form in the period from the 16th to the 19th century through large-scale peat excavation and the introduction of the river Nette . In 1938 the area around the Krickenbecker Lakes was declared a nature reserve (today NSG VIE-045 "Krickenbecker Seen und Kleiner De Wittsee").
Specifically, the lakes are Hinsbecker Bruch (water surface: 37.5 hectares), Glabbacher Bruch (36.0 hectares) and the somewhat older lakes Poelvenn (24.5 hectares) and Schrolik (15.5 hectares). They are partially traversed by the Nice and the Renne (Nice) . The suffixes "-Bruch" and "-Venn" refer to the earlier expression as a fen or swamp.
From the tower on the Hinsbecker heights you have a good overview of the lakes, which are partly covered with lake and pond roses in summer and framed by oak - beech forests, alder quarries and meadows. In the middle of the four lakes, but closest to the Glabbacher Bruch, lies Krickenbeck Castle .
The lakes are home to ducks , gray herons , great crested grebes , railings and reed warblers , among others . In addition to the water lilies, the plants here are also dragon root , orchid , king fern and Solomon's seal . Fish such as carp , pike and various types of whitefish are numerous.
In the nature reserve there is an important ground monument from Napoleonic times with the old north canal . The northern canal, which was never fully completed, was supposed to form a ship connection between the Maas near Venlo and the Rhine near Neuss .
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Information center Krickenbecker Seen
Ice skating on the Poelvenn
Sunset at the Hinsbecker Bruch
Hinsbeck break
Glabbach break
Ducks on the banks of the Glabbacher Bruch
Leegheide in NSG Krickenbecker lakes located
See also
- List of lakes in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of nature reserves in the Viersen district
- Krickenbeck Castle
literature
- Herbert Hubatsch: The Nettetal. Development and maintenance of a landscape on the Lower Rhine (= Rhenish landscapes. 15). Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-88094-261-7 .
Web links
- Nature reserve "Krickenbecker Seen" (VIE-045) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Biological station Krickenbecker Seen