Steveraue

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Information board as part of the public relations work for the project
View from the canal bridge to the Steveraue

The Steveraue Olfen is a renatured meadow landscape and a local recreation area in the north of Olfen in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Coesfeld district .

The Steveraue area stretches on the left side of the Stever from the old route of the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the east to Kökelsumer Strasse with the Füchtelner Mühle in the west. The development of Olfen is the southern border of the area.

Until the renovation, the area was used intensively for agriculture up to the river bank. The users were offered an exchange for areas in the Esch as part of an area pool. The trigger for the project was the high need for compensation for the designation of new building areas and the need for a recreational area close to the city.

The terraced and valley sands of the Stever, which are close to the groundwater, are important floodplain areas for relief during floods. A wider bed was made available for the course of the river by removing the bank fortifications and creating bank berms. Two old arms of the Stever were regenerated, a flood channel was created to flow around the Füchtener Mühle, various channels and still waters were initiated.

Since 2002, the approximately 80-hectare reservoir has not been used intensively for agriculture. Heck cattle , Konik horses and donkeys graze semi-wild and keep the areas open. After just one year, 30 newly settled wild plants were found on the control areas of the project.

To ensure the acceptance of the project, intensive public relations work was carried out with letters from the citizens, information evenings, the setting up of information boards in the area and a biotope mapping for the purpose of subsequent success control. The hiking and biking trails “around Olfen” lead through the meadow landscape . At the edges there are tourist offers such as viewpoints or hospitality.

The project was financed by the funds for compensatory measures and funding from the district government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 23.2 ″  E