The Rieselgut Boddinsfelde (362 ha) was built between 1907 and 1910 for the then independent town of Rixdorf (later Berlin - Neukölln) and named after the Lord Mayor of Rixdorf, Hermann Boddin.
When the need for wastewater treatment for Berlin was recognized at the end of the 19th century, the sewage fields were created. The pools were on elevated surfaces. Underneath the trash pieces, which were laid out in terraces, there was drainage that led the wastewater to be cleaned into a deep ditch. The soil cleaned the wastewater. In the early years you should even be able to drink the water in the deep trench. With the increase in chemical pollution in the second half of the 19th century, e.g. from cleaning agents in households and industry, the heavy metal pollution of the soil increased. The irrigation was stopped at the end of the 1980s. Incidentally, the Rieselgut Boddinsfelde is located in the “Notte-Niederung” nature reserve and since then the areas have been left to nature and mowed once a year. 60 species of breeding birds can be found here, including the endangered corncrake. Over 35 breeding birds are on the Red List of Endangered Species in the State of Brandenburg.
The place Boddinsfelde is also known for its listed riding estate. Events, riding lessons and riding excursions take place on the farm every year. If you want, you can also spend the night there.