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The "Osterklee" nature reserve with a view of the former limestone quarry.

Osterklee is a nature reserve on the border between the Münsterland lowlands and the Weser Uplands . It extends over 40 hectares, about a kilometer east of Brochterbeck on the exposed Kleeberg. The exact geographic position is 52 ° 13.75 "north latitude, 7 ° 45.847" east longitude, at an altitude of 124  m above sea level. NN . The Kleeberg reaches a maximum height of 129  m above sea level. NN . The Osterklee nature reserve is part of the Natura 2000 protection program in the project "Sandstone Teutoburg Forest (DE-3712-302)".

Limestone quarry

Until 1995, a limestone quarry of the adjacent Wallmeyer lime works was operated at the Osterklee . After the end of mining, a lake formed there, which was reduced in size in the summer of 2005 by partially backfilling with 35,000 m³ of marl limestone . The limestone marl came from the dredging material of the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Dörenthe. The lime plant was shut down in 2014 and demolished in 2015.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Steinfurt district

Web links

Commons : Osterklee nature reserve  - collection of images

• "Osterklee" nature reserve (ST-077) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Natura 2000 area DE-3712-302 in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung of September 17, 2005: "Action went according to plan"

Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 45 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 51 ″  E