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Artificial Spring 'Eule' in Knechtsteden Nature Reserve

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Artificial Spring 'Eule' in Knechtsteden Nature Reserve

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Artificial Spring 'Eule' in Knechtsteden Nature Reserve

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    1. Basilica of Knechtsteden – Kloster Knechtsteden loop from Delhoven

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    March 26, 2025

    Due to groundwater lowering for open-cast mining, not enough water is emerging at Fliesteden Castle to supply the Chorbusch. After just 4 km, the Fliesteden Graben is dry. The adjacent Hahnengraben is dry along its entire length.

    To improve the health of the last ditch in the chain, RWE is extracting deeper groundwater and feeding it here. The "Owl" is an artificial spring. While supplies last.

    It is clear that coal mining in the Rhineland is causing damage not only through CO2 emissions, but also through the drying out of 1,000 square kilometers of landscape.

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      March 29, 2020

      Here, water from Rheinbraun is fed in, to compensate for the long-term pumping of the groundwater for the opencast mine.

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        April 17, 2022

        Flows on as Knechtstedener Graben.

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          Location: Dormagen, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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