Oermter mountain
The Oermter Berg is 68 meters high and lies between the communities of Issum and Rheurdt on the Lower Rhine . It belongs to the Schaephuysener ridge as part of the Lower Rhine ridge and is a tourist attraction in the region with around 150,000 visitors annually.
Emergence
The Oermter Berg was created at the end of the Saale Ice Age around 150,000 years ago. The piled-up rubble which the glaciers coming from Scandinavia, manufacturers ahead and write above, remained after thawing of glaciers in the form of a terminal moraine back.
Historical
The Oermter Berg is mentioned in 1345 in the Geldrische national accounting as a wine-growing area of the monks from the neighboring Cistercian abbey Kamp Kloster . Despite the poor quality, cultivation took place until the 16th century. The terraces are still clearly visible on the south side.
The Moers district acquired the mountain in 1900 to use it to expand social institutions. For this purpose, a children's rest home was built in 1922 and the Oermter Berg has been approached by the Moerser Kreisbahn since 1920 . In the following years the recreation park was further expanded. The first animal enclosures were created in 1935. The zoo and recreation park became known and the number of visitors increased. The Second World War threw back the development of an excursion site. The zoo had to be abandoned.
Only the most urgent clean-up work could be carried out and it was not until 1953 that the construction of the Oermter Berg as a public park began. The forest on the mountain should grow naturally and was kept free of non-local vegetation. Two game enclosures for fallow deer and red deer were created. In 1962 the permanent exhibition "Forest and Game on the Lower Rhine" was set up in a building on the edge of the Oermter Berg. On November 18, 1984, a shrine of the Schoenstatt Movement was consecrated on the Oermter Berg .
In 1991 ownership of the leisure areas was transferred from the Wesel district to the Kleve district . Together with the communities of Issum and Rheurdt, which own the parking spaces at Oermter Berg, the new owner made contractual arrangements for the operation, maintenance, maintenance and care of the Oermter Berg leisure facility in a public law agreement on October 26, 1994. Since the exhibition building and the animal preparations were no longer usable, the permanent exhibition had to be abandoned after more than 30 years despite existing interest. As a replacement, the "Lower Rhine Natural History Collection" was set up in the newly built citizens' meeting place in 2000. Against the background of the Oermter Berg, the development of the region from the Ice Age to industrial development is shown. The influences on nature by humans and the problems of nature conservation are discussed. The neighboring Fleuthkuhlen nature reserve is represented by several large aquariums with local fish, which are integrated into a river landscape.
Attractions
- Citizens meeting place with the "Lower Rhine Natural History Collection"
- Grill houses
- Children's playground
- Mouflon , fallow deer and red deer enclosures
- Restaurant Haus Oermterberg
- Schoenstatt Center
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 28 ′ E