Steinhorster Basin

Steinhorster Basin IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the protected area
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	82.6 ha
WDPA ID	165720
Geographical location	51 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 6 ″  E
Setup date	1991
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Paderborn district

The Steinhorster Basin is an artificially created nature reserve in the Delbrücker Land near Steinhorst in the north of the Paderborn district . The approximately 83  hectare area consists mainly of water bodies of the dammed Ems and offers a habitat for many water birds . The landscape protection area Ems, Furlbach borders to the west and east .

Emergence

The course of the Ems and parallel watercourses caused repeated floods in the towns of Rietberg and Rheda-Wiedenbrück in the Gütersloh district . It was therefore decided in 1972 to build a water retention basin in Steinhorster Bruch in the north of the Paderborn district and east of Westerwiehe . With dikes one flown by the Ems area was remodels; If there is a risk of flooding, a weir should be closed so that the water can collect in the basin. The dyke and dam structures are managed by the Obere Lippe water association . During a test damming it was found that waders and water birds settled in this basin.

Together with some ornithologists in the region, a concept was developed to provide these birds with a permanent habitat and not only fill the basin during floods. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia provided the financial means to initially acquire the necessary land. In addition, money had to be made available for the design of the biotope.

The concept for the Steinhorster Basin was implemented from 1986 to November 1990. 36 ha of water for birds and 18 ha of moist grassland for amphibians and water-bound insect species were created. In the north-west of the area, 21 hectares of reeds and reeds were planted to provide protection for endangered bird species. 3000 m of dyke were raised around the area and a 1.8 m deep and up to 20 m wide ring trench was dug.

Since 1988 the Steinhorst Basin has been looked after by the Paderborn Land Biological Station , or its successor, the Paderborn-Senne District Biological Station.

In 1991 the Steinhorst Basin was designated as a protected area by a decree of the District President Detmold.

Wildlife

The nature reserve serves as a resting, feeding and moulting area as well as a wintering place for migrating bird species. It is also a breeding and retreat area for birds, which are typical of wetlands. In winter, pull swimming and diving ducks , Arctic geese, gray and egrets , cormorants and mergansers back here. In spring, the cranes take a break when they return from the south, while ospreys , black storks and peregrine falcons also use the basin as a resting place when the birds migrate. The breeding birds include the black-headed gull , lapwing , curlew and great crested grebe . In 2010, a pair of white storks successfully brooded on a stork pole for the first time .

Data

View from the dam in the south of the protected area

total area	140 ha
Maximum congestion	1,250,000 m³
Dike length	3,000 m
Area size of the reserve owned by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	84 ha
Bodies of water	36 ha
Reed and reed zone	21 ha
Damp grassland / wet meadows	18 ha
Dykes, cultivation paths, trees	9 ha
Land acquisition costs	€ 1,200,000
Planning and construction costs	€ 2,200,000
Total costs Financed by the Ministry of the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture	€ 3,400,000

literature

• Nature reserve "Steinhorster Becken" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Our district of Gütersloh , district of Gütersloh with the school office there, 2006, p.

Web links

Commons : Steinhorster Basin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information from the city of Delbrück on the Steinhorster Basin
• Upper Lippe water association: HRB Steinhorst
• HYGON (hydrological raw data online) from the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• GPS data for the path around the Steinhorster basin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eight pairs of wild white storks breed in 2010 in the Paderborn district (Biological Station Paderborn - Senne district) ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.