Experience nature in the water landscape

In this themed landscape, “experiencing nature” means above all seeing animals. Along and between rivers, lakes, streams and wet meadows you can find floodplain landscapes, meadows, fields and forests, wild Konik horses, water buffalo, giant donkeys and horses. Stever and Lippe with their protected river landscapes form a two-stream country.

Footbridges lead through reeds, birds of prey and water, even storks can be observed here. The lip continues to meander through the Naturpark. In the west, the water landscape finally goes into the extensive floodplains of the Niederrheins about. So good. So far!

Experience nature in the subsequent landscape

Experience nature in a different way: A landscape that is deeply shaped by the consequences of human work and intervention. Here you can find them Metropole Ruhr in the immediate vicinity of (returning) nature. Lakes form where the ground sinks beneath the forests as a result of mining. Damp areas dry out due to the lowering of the groundwater level as a result of gravel mining and mountains rise due to the accumulation of mining spoil. Experience fascinating spectacles!