Schultheis pond

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Schultheis pond
NSG Schultheis-Weiher.jpg
Geographical location Hesse
Location close to the shore Offenbach am Main
Data
Coordinates 50 ° 7 '54 "  N , 8 ° 46' 50"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '54 "  N , 8 ° 46' 50"  E
Schultheis-Weiher (Hesse)
Schultheis pond
Altitude above sea level 98  m above sea level NN
surface 10.4 hadep1
length 466 m
Maximum depth 3.11 m
Middle deep 2.49 m
Nature reserve Rumpenheimer and Bürgeler gravel pits, east side
Nature reserve Rumpenheimer and Bürgeler gravel pits, Schultheisweiher, protected area.

The Schultheis pond (also: Schultheis pond ) is located in the Main bend between Offenbach-Bürgel and Offenbach-Rumpenheim . The water surface of the lake, originally dug out as a gravel pit by the Schultheis company in 1928, is 10.4 hectares, the water depth a maximum of 3.11 meters. After gravel mining was abandoned in the 1960s, the area was partially backfilled with rubbish until the authorities prohibited this in 1975. At the end of the 1970s it was handed over by the Cassella company to the Frankfurt Umlandverband and converted into a local recreation area .

Freetime activities

On the shores of the bathing lake, which has been in a nature reserve named Rumpenheimer and Bürgeler Kiesgruben since March 23, 1983, there is a large sunbathing lawn with a small nudist area on its west side, showers and sanitary facilities. There are no parking spaces directly at the lake, but access is possible until shortly before the pond for brief stopping, loading and unloading. For pedestrians and cyclists from Frankfurt-Fechenheim , the area is easily accessible via Arthur-von-Weinberg-Steg . Access to the lake is free. During the bathing season between May and September there is a lifeguard from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., bathing is prohibited outside of this time.

In 2015, 140,000 people had visited the pond by the end of the bathing season. In 2016 there were 300,000 people by the end of the bathing season.

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Panorama shot of the Schultheis pond

Water condition

Before and during the bathing season (usually from May 1st to September 15th of each year) the Offenbach City Health Office monitors the water quality using various examination methods. There is also a 14-day inspection and odor test. As a result, bathing had to be temporarily suspended in 2008 in favor of water restoration.

The water quality has not given rise to any complaints since 2012. The current classification of the European Union according to the EC bathing water directive provides for the predicate of the highest award for excellent quality for the pond .

In 2017, the red American marsh crayfish was detected for the first time in the Schultheis pond . This introduced animal species ( neozoa ) can become a problem for native animal species and is therefore on the EU's list of invasive alien species of Union-wide importance .

Nature reserve

As part of the recultivation concept, it was achieved that the southern half of the lake can be used for recreational purposes by bathers, model boaters and anglers, while the northern half was developed as a biotope and designated as a protection zone for rare animal species. It is closed to visitors. Here, a number of rare species of birds such as the great crested grebes , herons , Tableware , heron , mallard , Bläss- and Moorhen , Krick- , whistling , Gadwall and Common Goldeneye , various Merganser species , cormorants and grebes . Also loons have been observed. The kingfisher is an annual winter guest. The local lapwing and partridge live in the surrounding meadows of the Main . Limikolen , cormorants and various griffins are also represented at migration time .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Schultheis-Weiher: Bathing water profile. In: hlnug.de. Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, accessed on March 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 2008: 25 years of the nature reserve. In: offenbach.de. August 20, 2008, archived from the original on March 30, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ End of the 2015 swimming season in the Schultheis-Weiher. (No longer available online.) In: offenbach.de. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016 ; accessed on March 30, 2016 .
  4. ^ Sigrid Aldehoff: Offenbach: 300,000 guests at the lake. In: fr-online.de . September 15, 2016, accessed September 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Environmental report on water. (PDF; 4.24 MB) In: offenbach.de. City of Offenbach am Main, pp. 43–45 , archived from the original on December 20, 2015 ; accessed on August 11, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Renovation did not allow swimming in the 2008 season. In: offenbach.de. City of Offenbach am Main, May 7, 2008, archived from the original on June 18, 2009 ; accessed on March 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Schultheis-Weiher. In: badeseen.hlug.de. Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology, 2015, accessed on March 30, 2016 .
  8. ^ Sigrid Aldehoff: Offenbach: Excellent bathing season. In: fr-online.de. April 9, 2015, accessed March 30, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Schultheis-Weiher: American marsh crayfish discovered
  10. ↑ Umlandverband Frankfurt (Ed.): Landscape plan UVF . Resolution of the municipal chamber of the Frankfurt surrounding area. December 13, 2000, p. 26 ( online PDF; 2.7 MB [accessed March 30, 2016]).

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