Münster District

Bellevue at Phoenix Lake

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Bellevue at Phoenix Lake

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Bellevue at Phoenix Lake

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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December 12, 2016

Hiking

The first wine grown since the Middle Ages in Dortmund, "Neues Emschertal - Phoenix 2014" was auctioned in 2015 and provided more than 4000 Euro for a good cause.
It is the result of an experiment at Phoenix Lake. In 2012, the Emschergenossenschaft had planted 99 vines of the Phoenix variety on some 150 square meters on the banks of the Emscher. With success: About 90 kilos of grapes were harvested in the third year, just under 35 liters of vine juice pressed.
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December 12, 2016

Hiking

The excavated former Phoenix steel mill site has been filled with drinking water to form the lake in 2010, which has been separated from the still more polluted Emscher stream. It is now actively filtered and managed to recreate the appearance of a natural habitat and water quality.
The site has attracted high real estate value with more than 2000 new housing units, restaurants, and offices, as well as several hundred visitors every day, more during events throughout the year.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix-See#Sanierung_des_Bodens

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July 7, 2021

Hiking

The Emscher region is changing its face - once again. More than a hundred years ago, a sparsely populated agricultural landscape became an industrial conurbation, and the naturally flowing Emscher …

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