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Detmold District

Kreis Gütersloh

Halle (Westf.)

Feuchtwiesen Hörste Nature Reserve

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Gütersloh

Halle (Westf.)

Feuchtwiesen Hörste Nature Reserve

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Feuchtwiesen Hörste Nature Reserve

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Location: Halle (Westf.), Kreis Gütersloh, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Tatenhausen Moated Castle – Café Altes Pfarrhaus loop from Halle (Westf)

30.9km

01:51

70m

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2. Holtkamp-Ströhen Nature Area – Sandforther Lake loop from Oesterweg

45.1km

02:36

100m

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

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3. View of Ravensberg Castle – View of Ravensberg Castle loop from Halle (Westf)

48.4km

02:50

120m

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Andreas Kronier

March 7, 2017

The wet meadows Hörste are a nature reserve with a size of 531.32 ha in Halle (Westf.). They are the largest nature reserve in the district of Gütersloh. The area is led with the number GT-005, is in parts in the possession of the country North Rhine-Westphalia and also FFH area (led under the name Ruthebach, Laibach, Loddenbach, north break). It consists of four individual surfaces. 471.6 hectares of the area were protected in 1989.

In particular, it has been designated to preserve wet, open grassland, a traditional curlew breeding area and endangered plant communities of wetland and wet meadows.

It is a lowland area through which the Alte Hessel, the Neue Hessel and the tributary streams Ruthebach, Ljubljana and Loddenbach flow. The groundwater here is very high, therefore wet or wet grassland communities dominate over large areas. The vegetation of this area, originating from centuries of consistent cultivation, was widespread in the entire region only a few decades ago, but by dewatering the vast majority of the landscape and thus made intensively manageable. By contrast, the areas of the nature reserve are gradually being bought up by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and leased back to farmers, who in return commit themselves to a merely extensive economy.

With 62 species represented on the Red List of Endangered Species of North Rhine-Westphalia and a further 22 species in the country's Pre-Warning List, the area is of outstanding importance for species protection.

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Konrad Böert

May 21, 2021

Beautiful area and to drive through on great paths. I saw storks there.

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Konrad Böert

May 22, 2021

Nice view of the meadows and floodplains.

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Location: Halle (Westf.), Kreis Gütersloh, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Feuchtwiesen Hörste Nature Reserve

1. Tatenhausen Moated Castle – Café Altes Pfarrhaus loop from Halle (Westf)

2. Holtkamp-Ströhen Nature Area – Sandforther Lake loop from Oesterweg

3. View of Ravensberg Castle – View of Ravensberg Castle loop from Halle (Westf)

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