The best dog-friendly hikes and walks in Momm-Niederung

At the end of a small stream

Here you can still see evidence of the old farming practices with their hedgerows (tree and hedge lines) that protected the fields from the wind. The pollarded willows are also typical of the Lower Rhine region; baskets were woven from their branches. This is a cycle path.

The Lower Rhine - a wonderful route for hiking or walking.

"Götterswickerhamm is one of the oldest districts of the town of Voerde (Lower Rhine) in the Wesel district, North Rhine-Westphalia. Götterswickerhamm is located on the right bank of the Lower Rhine at kilometer mark 800..." FURTHER INFORMATION: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tterswickerhamm

"The Rhine is the major and important transport axis of our landscape. It connects states and regions – but it also separates countries, federal states, cities, districts, and municipalities. A good example is the district of Wesel, which has its territory on both banks of the Rhine. But to this day, the Rhine is also a river with dangers, with bathers and ship crews being particularly frequent victims. In the past, the number of casualties was much higher, especially in shipping accidents and on-board work accidents. Water police and fireboats with advanced technical equipment are only a modern achievement. The victims recovered from accidents and water bodies on the right bank of the Rhine near Götterswickerhamm were laid out in a small building, the so-called "morgue" or "dead house," until burial. Near Götterswickerhamm, the Rhine makes particularly sharp bends. In addition, a large number of groynes were built here in the Rhine. These are shallow dams built at right angles from the bank toward the middle of the river. In addition to flotsam, drowned bodies were repeatedly washed ashore in this area of the Rhine. Until they could be identified, they were housed in the mortuary, which had been built on the dike for this purpose before 1890. The present mortuaries did not yet exist at that time. The mortuary was relocated to the waterside of the dike during the dike renovation from 1930 to 1933. After its destruction in World War II, it was rebuilt on this site in 1947. With the construction of mortuaries in close proximity to the cemeteries, the house on the dike lost its function. It was demolished in 1971. During the dike renovation in 2010, this rare relic of burial culture disappeared along with the last remnants of the walls. To this day, it is said that the mortuary was once a popular destination for lovers; it was also a test of courage to "view" the washed-up corpses at night. Since 2012, there has been a memorial stone with an information plaque not far from the old site. (Stefan Kronsbein / Johanna Siewers / with kind comments from Heinz Boß, Association for Local Heritage and Transport Voerde (Lower Rhine). Created in cooperation with the Biological Station in the District of Wesel as part of the "Hidden Treasures Inclusive" project. A project of the LVR Network for Landscape Cultural Conservation, 2016) https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-258330

We are here on the banks of the Rhine, directly adjacent to the former STEAG coal-fired power plant in Voerde. 🧐 "After 49 years, the STEAG executives said goodbye to their hard coal-fired power plant in Voerde on April 4, 2017. The company's management had chosen this symbolic location not only to announce the final shutdown, but also the group's loss of €221 million for the 2016 fiscal year. Until 2008, the power plant was also supplied by the neighboring, also closed, Walsum hard coal mine. Only 75 employees attended the memorial service. The rest of the 300-strong team was already gone. 50 more employees are needed for the final shutdown before they too are relocated or go into early retirement, and the power plant's lights go out..." MORE INFORMATION: https://www.revierkohle.de/kraftwerke-voerde-wird-komplett-stillgelegt/ https://www.rwe.com/presse/rwe-generation/2023-07-07-rwe-beginnt-mit-rueckbau-am-standort-voerde/ https://www.medienwerkstatt-online.de/lws_wissen/vorlagen/showcard.php?id=29097

Very beautiful and close view of the Rhine. It's a great place to linger.

Here you can enjoy nice views of the Rhine. In the Rheinaue, the Rhine seems very distant.