Niederfeldsee
The Niederfeldsee is a 2.2 hectare artificial lake in the Essen district of Altendorf .
History and character
In the area of the Niederfeldsee, the section of the former Osterath – Dortmund Süd railway line of the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft that went into operation in 1874 ran over a dam. The Essen-Altendorf train station was a few hundred meters to the west . After the line was shut down in 2002, the Ruhr rapid cycle route (RS1) was opened on its route in 2010 , which now leads over the lake bridge in the area of the dismantled railway embankment.
Construction of the Niederfeldsee on Rüselstrasse began in 2011 and the EUR 8.115 million project was completed in August 2014 and was funded by the urban development investment program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . On September 20, 2013, the 46 meter long foot and bike path bridge over the Niederfeldsee was opened in the presence of Mayor Reinhard Pass .
The part of the lake to the north of the cycle path was created in the area of a laid-down allotment garden and was laid out with a green bank. The southern part of the lake is reminiscent of a harbor basin and borders a 320-meter-long and 4.2-meter-wide promenade. Boating and swimming are not allowed. The deepest part of the lake is around five meters. It is fed by pumping groundwater from a separate well and draining rainwater from the roofs of surrounding residential buildings. In the event of an overflow, the water is drained into the Sälzerbach, which has now been freed from sewage.
In the course of the construction of the lake, the surrounding residential area was renovated by replacing 180 old apartments with 61 modern apartments in seven houses.
Web links
- Niederfeldsee - New quality of living in Altendorf on Essen.de
- The Niederfeldsee in Essen on ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 21, 2013: Neighbors storm new bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 59.4 " N , 6 ° 58 ′ 31" E