キルヒセルテの湖・トップ20

Short break at Silbersee

Super Tour

The former military bathing facility is a little eye-catcher when you cycle or hike along the Delme. Great crested grebes can be seen there from time to time. The small lake is also attractive in winter because it is surrounded by trees (without leaves in winter, but still beautiful).

Little info from the internet: Mill pond and mill dam The Syker Mühlenteich stretched up to the Mühlendamm in the middle of the 20th century. The dam and the backwater were built around 1387 on behalf of Count Otto III. by Hoya. The water from the Hache dammed here powered a grain mill that the sovereign had built opposite Syker Castle, today's district court. The water mill, which was almost completely demolished in 1969, was in operation until 1951. After turbines replaced water wheels in 1903 and 1910, large amounts of backwater were no longer necessary. The miller therefore stopped the pond cleaning that was previously usual. The body of water, which was artificially created in the late Middle Ages, became increasingly silted up and silted up, which caused some resentment among the population. Finally, the city of Syke bought the historic mill pond site and had it converted into a park in 1956. The horseshoe-shaped reservoir disappeared. Where the dam island used to be, a kidney-shaped pond was created, in keeping with contemporary taste. Sykes “Mill” Pond acquired its current shape when the park was redesigned in the 1970s.

To protect the town of Delmenhorst from flooding by the Delme, as was the case most recently in October 1998, a flood retention basin was built near Schlutter (municipality of Ganderkesee) over an area of 125 hectares. This offers storage space for 1.8 million cubic meters of water. The project, which cost around 20 million euros and was started in 2004, was completed in spring 2014. 70 percent of the costs were borne by the state of Lower Saxony and 30 percent by Delmenhorst. The flood retention basin is maintained and operated by the Ochtum Association. It is also known as “Germany’s northernmost dam”.

The former military bathing establishment is now a gathering point for water birds. Today there were lots of mallards, gadwalls, coots, a few cormorants, two Egyptian geese and two goosanders.

Today we had the best summer weather with bright sunshine. Many bathers on the beach. How the image of a lake changes for the better in this weather.

The stork's nest on the edge of the Delmetalsperre is finally occupied. For years the nesting aid stood unused in the landscape, this year it was accepted for the first time. One stork is standing on the nest, the second is looking for food underneath.