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Giesener Teiche

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Giesener Teiche

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    1. Giesener Ponds – View from Osterberg loop from Giesen

    11.5km

    03:05

    150m

    150m

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

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    Intermediate

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

    Intermediate

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

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    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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      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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        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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          Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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