Hiltruper See

The lake is divided by an elongated island into a northern and southern basin

The Hiltruper Lake, named after its first tenant as Steiner lake, is an incurred by sand mining lake south of Hiltrup in Münster. It lies directly on the Munsterlander Kiessandzug. In the south and east, the forest area of ​​the High Ward joins. North of the lake runs the new ride of the Dortmund- Ems Canal.

The conditioning of the lake began in 1913/14, with the mining of sand, which was mainly required for the construction of the railway Prussia Minster between Munster and Capelle. From 1920 Hiltruper Lake was first leased from the Dortmund manufacturers Steiner, who ran a trout farm until 1925/26. By 1967, however, the sand was further recovered from the lake. Because of the importance of the gravel train for drinking Stadtwerke Münster sand mining was stopped.

The entire Kiessandzug from the Old Crossing of the Dortmund- Ems Canal in the north- west to the floodplain of the Werse at the southeast end of the High Ward is reported as a water protection area since 1963. Since then applies the Hiltruper See also prohibit bathing, although until then an official Seebadeanstalt was operated. Nevertheless, the Hiltruper lake and its surroundings one of the most popular recreation areas Minster, which is accessible by numerous riding and hiking trails. The Hiltruper lake is also accessible via the " nature trail Hoheward ". The starting point is the parking lot on the road " to Hiltruper See " near the Westfalenstraße.

At the northern and north-western shore are since 1968 a swimming pool, which plant a sailing school, a tennis court and a hotel.