List of natural monuments in the Wesel district

Natural monuments in the Wesel district

In the district of Wesel there are numerous natural monuments . These include special individual trees , groups of trees, avenues , boulders and spring areas that are noticeable due to their rarity and uniqueness, or that are important for reasons of natural, geological and local history. To ensure that they are preserved, they are protected in accordance with Section 22 of the Landscape Act of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (LG NW), which was replaced in 2017 by the State Nature Conservation Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (LNatSchG NRW).

In 2003, a first part of the natural monuments in the Wesel district was placed under protection by the so-called "Interior Ordinance". The other entries have since been made in the landscape plans, for which the district area was divided into seven areas.

The list of natural monuments is not static. In recent years, for example, some of the listed trees had to be felled due to illness or storm damage. For this, some entries have been added that are not yet represented in the current legally valid list. Citizens of the municipalities can suggest potential natural monuments and apply for inclusion in the landscape plan.

The most outstanding natural monument in the Wesel district was the up to 500 year old Kaiser's beech in Schwafheim , which was already under protection in 1938 and felled in 2015. The late poplar near Büderich , an extraordinarily old specimen, is the thickest poplar in Germany and one of the strongest trees in North Rhine-Westphalia. The millennial yew tree in Xanten is one of the oldest natural monuments in the district .

List of natural monuments indoors

On July 17, 2003, the Wesel district protected various objects as natural monuments in 35 entries. The list of natural monuments for indoor areas was issued on the basis of the “Regulatory Authority Ordinance for the Protection of Natural Monuments within the built-up districts and the scope of the development plans in the Wesel district”, or “Indoor Area Ordinance” for short.

Memorial number	Place / location	Designation of the ND	number	Art	Registered since	Protective reason	description	image
ND 1	Dinslaken - Hiesfeld Sterkrader Strasse 14 map	Boulder	1	granite	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 2	Dinslaken - Hiesfeld Holtener Strasse 10 map	Boulder	1	Brown coal - quartzite	2003	rarity		Image wanted
ND 3	Dinslaken - Hiesfeld Erlenstrasse 22a map	Boulder	1	granite	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 4	Hamminkeln - Ringenberg Hauptstrasse 49 map	Single tree	1	Hanging red beech	2003	Rarity, individuality, beauty
ND 5	Hamminkeln - Mehrhoog Bahnhofstrasse 29 map	Tree couple	1	Copper beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 5	Hamminkeln - Mehrhoog Bahnhofstrasse 29 map	Tree couple	1	Copper beech	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 6	Hamminkeln - Marienthal At the monastery church 8-10 map	Boulders	1	granite	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 6	Hamminkeln - Marienthal At the monastery church 8-10 map	Boulders	1	granite	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 7	Hamminkeln - Brünen Rohstraße 46 map	Single tree	1	Winter linden	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 8	Hünxe - Bruckhausen forest path map	Boulder	1	Brown coal - quartzite	2003	Rarity, individuality, beauty		Image wanted
ND 9	Hünxe - Bruckhausen Gottfried-Hesselmann-Platz 2 map	Boulder	1	Brown coal - quartzite	2003	Rarity, individuality, beauty		Image wanted
ND 10	Hünxe - Gartrop-Bühl Riedgarten 4 map	Single tree	1	English oak	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 11	Kamp-Lintfort - Kamp Rheinberger Strasse map	Boulder	1	granite	2003	Rarity, peculiarity
ND 12	Kamp-Lintfort - Kamp Rheinberger Strasse map	Single tree	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty
ND 14	Moers - middle fort 7d map	Trees in a park	1	ginkgo	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	plane	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Copper beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Copper beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Redwoodtree	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Bald cypress	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 14 (former)	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Bald cypress	2003	Rarity, beauty	The bald cypress was felled on February 22nd, 2016 due to a fungal attack Age: over 100 years; Height: 33 m; Trunk circumference: 3.26 m; Crown diameter: 8 m	Image wanted
ND 14	Moers - middle of the castle park map	Trees in a park	1	Red oak	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 15 (former)	Moers - Schwafheim Heideweg 97a map	Single tree	1	Head beech	2003	Regional reasons, rarity, individuality, beauty	The nationally important, up to 500 years old " Kaisers Buche " was on 10./11. August 2015 like	more pictures
ND 16	Moers - Chapels Bendmannstrasse 5 map	Tree Group	1	yew	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 16	Moers - Chapels Bendmannstrasse 5 map	Tree Group	1	yew	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 16	Moers - Chapels Bendmannstrasse 5 map	Tree Group	1	yew	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 16	Moers - Chapels Bendmannstrasse 5 map	Tree Group	1	yew	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 17	Moers - Kapellen Moerser Strasse 4 map	Row of trees	1	yew	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 18	Moers - Kohlenhuck Plißstraße 42 map	Single tree	1	European beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 19	Neukirchen-Vluyn - Vluyn Niederrheinallee 346 map	Single tree	1	Copper beech	2003	Rarity, beauty
ND 20 (former)	Neukirchen-Vluyn - Neukirchen Niederrheinallee 57 map	Single tree	1	English oak	2003	cultural reasons, beauty	The peace oak from 1872 was felled on April 28, 2016 due to a fungal attack	Image wanted
ND 21	Rheinberg - Budberg Eversaeler Strasse 45 map	Single tree	1	plane	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 22	Rheinberg - Orsoy Egerstraße 3 map	Single tree	2	Blood beeches	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 23	Schermbeck - Altschermbeck Im trough 67 map	Single tree	1	European beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 24	Schermbeck - Damm Alte Landstrasse map	Single tree	1	buckeye	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 25	Schermbeck Mittelstrasse 84 map	Single tree	1	yew	2003	Rarity, individuality, beauty		Image wanted
ND 26	Schermbeck - Altschermbeck Procession Way 10 map	Tree Group	1	Winter linden	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 26	Schermbeck - Altschermbeck Procession Way 10 map	Tree Group	1	Winter linden	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 26	Schermbeck - Altschermbeck Procession Way 10 map	Tree Group	1	Sweet chestnut	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 27	Voerde - Götterswickerhamm Unterer Hilding map	Single tree	1	Winter linden	2003	cultural reasons, beauty		Image wanted
ND 28	Wesel Caspar-Baur-Strasse map	Single tree	1	Copper beech	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 29	Wesel - Fusternberg An de Tent 1–3 map	Single tree	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 30	Xanten - Vynen Kirchstrasse map	Single tree	1	Black locust	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 31	Xanten - Marienbaum Emil-Underberg-Strasse 25 map	Single tree	1	English oak	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 32	Xanten - Marienbaum Cemetery map	Single tree	1	English oak	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 33	Xanten Bahnhofstrasse 5 map	Tree couple	1	plane	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 33	Xanten Bahnhofstrasse 5 map	Tree couple	1	plane	2003	beauty		Image wanted
ND 34	Xanten Antoniusstrasse map	Single tree	1	yew	2003	Rarity, beauty		Image wanted
ND 35	Xanten Karthaus 14 map	Single tree	1	yew	2003	beauty	Age: approx. 1000 years	more pictures

List of natural monuments in the landscape plans

The Wesel district comprises seven landscape plans that were drawn up by 2013 according to the criteria of cooperative landscape planning. The list of natural monuments protected by these landscape plans is divided into the following regions:

• List of natural monuments in the Alps and Rheinberg (legal force since April 27, 2009)
• List of natural monuments in Dinslaken and Voerde (legal effect since April 27, 2009)
• List of natural monuments in the Hamminkeln area (effective December 27, 2004)
• List of natural monuments in Hünxe and Schermbeck (legal effect since December 27, 2004)
• List of natural monuments in Kamp-Lintfort, Moers and Neukirchen-Vluyn (legal effect since August 11, 2013)
• List of natural monuments in Sonsbeck / Xanten (legal effect since December 27, 2004)
• List of natural monuments in Wesel (legal effect since April 27, 2009)

Further entries of natural monuments

In the Wesel district there are other objects that have been verifiably placed under nature protection but have not yet been published in updated landscape plans. The following table provides an incomplete overview of these natural monuments:

Memorial number	Place / location	Designation of the ND	number	Art	Registered since	Protective reason	description	image
ND	Rheinberg Alpsrayer Strasse 23 map	Single tree	1	European beech		Rarity, individuality, beauty	The protection of the European beech, which is located directly at the listed Tekkenhof , was planned in the Interior Ordinance in 2003 and is now documented by an entry in the Niederrhein Geoportal.	Image wanted
ND	Wesel - Lippedorf Hindenburgstrasse 46 map	Single tree	1	Sweet chestnut		Rarity, peculiarity	The protection of the sweet chestnut was already planned in 2003 in the indoor area ordinance and has now been documented by an entry in the Lower Rhine geoportal.	Image wanted
ND	Rheinberg - Eversael Grafschafter Strasse 5 map	Single tree	1	English oak	2013	regional reasons, rarity, beauty	The protection of the "Peace Oak" from 1871 was planned in 2003 in the indoor area ordinance and confirmed in 2013 by the local press.	more pictures

Web links

Commons : Natural monuments in the Wesel district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• District Wesel - landscape planning
• Regulatory authority regulation for the protection of natural monuments in the Wesel district. Status: July 17, 2003.
• Geoportal Niederrhein with the topic "POI Tourism", which among other things contains the natural monuments

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Moers: Natural monument in the city park fell victim to fungus. Rheinische Post , February 23, 2016, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Markus Plüm: Kaiser's book is history. Rheinische Post , August 11, 2015, accessed on June 17, 2020 . 
3. ^ Hanna Lohmann: Farewell to the peace oak in Neukirchen-Vluyn. Neue Ruhr Zeitung , April 29, 2016, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Rheinberg: Eversaeler Eiche is now a natural monument. Rheinische Post , June 28, 2013, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 

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