The Duwenbeek is the largest stream on the German
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
island of
Rügen
Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...
. The stream originates on the northern edge of the borough of
Bergen auf Rügen
Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the '' Amt'' of Bergen au ...
, flows around the
Nonnensee on its eastern side and empties into the bay of
Koselower See in front of the island of
Ummanz and hence into the Baltic. It flows through the Rügen municipalities of Bergen auf Rügen,
Parchtitz and
Kluis
Kluis is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the nort ...
and forms parts of the boundaries of the municipalities of Bergen,
Trent and
Gingst.
Renaturalisation
On the occasion of the world fair,
Expo 2000
Expo 2000 was a World Expo held in Hanover, Germany from 1 June to 31 October 2000. It was located on the Hanover Fairground (Messegelände Hannover), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world. Initially, some 40 million people were ...
, the project "Habitats - The Duwenbeek Project" (''Lebensräume - Das Duwenbeek-Projekt''), which envisaged the
renaturalisation
Land restoration, which may include renaturalisation or rewilding, is the process of restoring land to a different or previous state with an intended purpose. That purpose can be a variety of things such as what follows: being safe for humans, pl ...
of the stream, was born. Elements of this project were the reflooding of the Nonnensee, the establishment of a
wetpark at the mansion in
Boldevitz and a stone embankment to reduce the velocity of the stream in the
reed belt of the Koselower See.
See also
*
List of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
A list of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany:
A
* Aubach
* Augraben, tributary of the Nebel
* Augraben, tributary of the Tollense
B
* Barthe
* Beke
* Bietnitz
* Boize
* Brebowbach
* Bresenitz
* Brüeler Bach
D
* Datze
* Delvenau
* Dollb ...
External links
Pressemitteilung des Landkreises Rügen zum EXPO-Projekt ''Lebensräume - Das Duwenbeek-Projekt''(dated 23 September 1999)
Rivers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rivers of Germany
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