Oberer Herrenteich Nature Reserve

Beautiful pond with lots of water lilies.

The Herrenteich in Reinfeld owes its existence to the Cistercian monks who founded the "Reynevelde" monastery in the 12th century in the area of the marshy lowlands of the Heilsau. The Heilsau rises near today's Stockelsdorf (Ostholstein district) and flows into the Trave below Reinfeld. The monks cleared the forest, created smaller fish ponds and took the excavation to use the dam to dam the Heilsau to the Herrenteich, so that they could breed carp there. Even today, the Herrenteich is used for carp farming and is therefore drained for 3 - 4 weeks in October of each year in connection with the carp festival of the city of Reinfeld. Only the Heilsau snakes its way through the surface of the pond floor as a thin ribbon.
Source: nabu-reinfeld.de/?page_id=35

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