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Steveraue Olfen Nature Reserve

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Olfen

Steveraue Olfen Nature Reserve

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Steveraue Olfen Nature Reserve

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Location: Olfen, Coesfeld, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Wesel-Datteln Canal – Alte Fahrt (Datteln–Olfen) loop from Haltern am See

40.7km

02:30

100m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Füchtelner Mill – Ternscher Lake loop from Nordkirchen

38.7km

02:18

140m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Stever River Cycle Path – Old Canal Olfen loop from Lüdinghausen

26.4km

01:34

100m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Rainer on Tour - casterℹx

April 3, 2016

The Steveraue Olfen is a renatured meadow landscape and a recreational area in the north of Olfen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The special feature of the Steveraue is not only the natural meadow landscape, but especially the Heck cattle, Konikpferde and donkeys living here on a 62-acre floodplain landscape in complete freedom.

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Derda Von Dort

August 14, 2019

Beautiful bike paths make this nature reserve truly an experience.

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Thorsten

May 11, 2022

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

The Steveraue area stretches to the left bank of the Stever from the Alte Fahrt 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 reconstruction, the area up to the river bank was used intensively for agriculture. Users were offered the opportunity to exchange areas for areas in the Esch as part of an area pool. The project was triggered by the high need for compensation for the designation of new building areas and the need for a recreation area close to the city.

The terraces and valley sands of the Stever close to the groundwater are important floodplains to relieve the pressure during floods. The river was given a wider bed by removing the bank reinforcements and building bank berms. Two old branches of the Stever were regenerated, a flood channel was created to flow around the Füchten mill, and various channels and still waters were initiated.

Since 2002, the approximately 80-hectare Stever meadow has no longer 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 established wild plants were found in the control areas of the project.

To ensure acceptance of the project, intensive public relations work was carried out with letters to citizens, information evenings, setting up information boards in the area and a biotope mapping for later success monitoring. The hiking and cycling trails "around Olfen" lead through the floodplain landscape. There are tourist attractions such as viewpoints and catering on the edges.

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

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Distance 1.49 km

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Olfen, Coesfeld, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Steveraue Olfen Nature Reserve

1. Wesel-Datteln Canal – Alte Fahrt (Datteln–Olfen) loop from Haltern am See

2. Füchtelner Mill – Ternscher Lake loop from Nordkirchen

3. Stever River Cycle Path – Old Canal Olfen loop from Lüdinghausen

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