Northeim Lake District
51.7342379.962339Koordinaten: 51 ° 44 '3 " N, 9 ° 57' 44" O
The Northeimer Lakeland is a lakes complex near the town of Northeim on its municipal area. The water surfaces are artificially created by gravel mining and became a popular recreation area.
Geography, Geology
The lakes are located in the trench line in a 2 km wide valley floor at about 110 m above sea level mostly right and left along the line. In this area are under the bottom layer about 50 m Pleistocene gravels on. Due to the influx of Rhume leash digging here lies in the bed area of the resin, so that the gravel greywacke, chert and brown coal and quartz sands composed and is found superimposed on Auesedimenten, loess soils and Mergeltonschichten.
The lake area is located at the traffic junction A7/B3 and is crossed by the railway north-south route. Neighbouring settlements are near the town of Northeim their neighborhoods Höckelheim, Coquille ( Northeim ) and Edesheim ( Northeim ).
History
Withdrawals in 1852 the Royal Hanoverian State Railways material for embankment fill. By 1940 a water area of about 6 ha from 1950 onwards was the gravel mining was intensified. Thus, the water area increased to 1980 to about 130 acres, and is now in more than 350 ha disused gravel pits be left to the reclamation. Currently, there are 12 lakes of different sizes. Held the lands of the monastery Hanover Chamber.
Use
Technically
The gravel extraction on a given land area is carried out in the open pit. The implementation is carried out by means of conveyors and dredgers. Incurred pits full run with groundwater. The recovered material is prepared by sieving and silo hoppers trucks tipper bodies are filled for transport.
Leisure
There are docks for sailing boats and a boathouse on the Great Lake. Swimming, diving and surfing are the possible water sports here. By Lakeland leads the Leine-Heide Cycle Path. In addition, some lakes are used by anglers who deploy for this purpose white fish.
Conservation
The Northeimer gravel lakes are centrally located between Solling and Harz in the transit area of water birds that move from north Europe and western Eurasia over the northern part of Central Europe across to south-western Europe.
Among the species of birds that have taken here in the 1970s during extensive data nesting attempts include: great crested grebe, buzzard, kestrel, Water Rail, Little Ringed Plover, Turtle Dove, Kingfisher, Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat and Whinchat. Part of the North Seenplatte is designated as a nature reserve. However, recreational activities in the immediate vicinity have a disruptive effect on the birds. They differ, therefore, in part, on the EU bird sanctuary flood retention basins Salzderhelden of which is lie north.
On the water and shore area of former mining sites located next to birds and amphibians and dragonflies have settled. An observation deck is located on the boulder barrier at Coquille on the L572.