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The area reaching from the cemetery in Werries on the south bank and Oberwerries castle on the north bank to Haarener Weg, the road connecting Lippestrasse to the federal B 61 highway, had been the most beautiful part of the river Lippe in Hamm, even though it had been unknown to most of the people there. At least the most beautiful part for walking, cycling, and fishing.
Other areas on
the
river banks offering scenic views are private property - no
trespassing.
Others are ugly and dull - a bore to the eye.
Specifically there,
where the river had been robbed of its meandering through the adjacent
meadows, downgraded from a river to a canal in the early years of the
20th
century, namely between Fährstrasse in the eastern part of the
town
and the bridge in Herringen, upstream near RWE's Gersteinwerk power
plant
in the west.
The area
concerned,
the so-called Haaren Lippeaue, had been an extraordinarily
beautiful
site all the time before what is called restoration now. That's the
reason
why Hamm's Municipal Parks and Gardens Department created a wonderful
walkway along the south bank of the river Lippe offering its beauty to
pedestrians,
cyclists and horse riders.
This walkway was
removed by the County Environmental Agency. There is a recently created
remote walkway running far off the river; on the river banks numerous
trees and
shrubs
fell victim to saws and axes in the course of restoration works in
progress.
Look for yourself!
Take a close look
at the river and its banks before restoration got underway!
Start viewing
the pictures by clicking on the thumbnails below!
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