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Giesener Ponds

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Giesener Ponds

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Giesener Ponds

Recommended by 287 hikers out of 293

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NSG Giesener Teiche

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Giesener Ponds – View from the Osterberg loop from Giesen

11.3km

03:02

140m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Giesener Teiche – Haseder Busch Nature Reserve loop from Himmelsthür

10.1km

02:41

90m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Giesener Ponds – Giesener Teiche Nature Reserve loop from Giesen

5.04km

01:23

90m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Hans 🚴‍♂️ ...👨‍🦯

October 25, 2021

Every year the water is drained from the former fish pond. ...

... After the spawning and breeding season, the water is "drained in a throttled manner" in order to reduce the nutrient content, promote the decomposition of the sludge and slow down the reefing of the pond.
Regular draining also prevents the formation of large fish stocks, which are considered predators of endangered dragonfly and amphibian species. For example, the strictly protected crested newt, the largest domestic newt species, resides there.

(Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, October 25th, 2021)

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Michael Schütz

April 18, 2021

The Giesener ponds were created in the 18th century by the episcopal estate Steuerwald in Hildesheim for fish farming and today belong to the "Haseder Busch, Giesener Berge, Gallberg, Finkenberg nature reserve". Generations of Giesenern learned to swim in the ponds or skated on them. In the meantime, they are drained for maintenance in winter and only flooded again in spring.

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Sandra & Ray 🌻

May 28, 2022

Beautiful watering hole, with clucking ducks and croaking frogs. Nature still seems content here. A nice place to have a picnic.

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Elevation 150 m

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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