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The Protection of wetlands (Otto-Maigler-see)

4/2/2019

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The Otto Maigler See is located in Hürth near to Cologne and belongs to the area of the Rhein-Erft Kreis. It is one of 5 lakes in this area in which it is allowed to go swimming and it is 50,5 hectares big. Before it became a public bathing lake it was in property of the open cast mining community in this area. The lake arised when groundwater floated the open-cast mine and since then it became an area for various fish and bird species. Nowadays the lake is under land protection. In addition there is a small lake called Hürther Waldsee directly next to the Otto-Maigler-See which is under nature conservation and where most of the species live without human intervention. It is an area for diverse species in winter and in summer. First it is the place in winter for duck species like tufted ducks, mallards and pochards. Sometimes you can also find cormorants and goldeneyes there. The lake (Otto-Maigler-See) is also an area for fishing. Since the lake was founded in 1977 it exists also a fishing club/community. You can find fish species like Eel, pike, carp, tench, zander, perch and whitefish in the lake.
The ground of the lake is based on clay and brown coal which is covered by a sediment layer of aquatic remains, detritus and sludge. 
Around the lake there is a 142 hectares big forest, which covers the lake and the species in the area. 
The water quality was evaluated by the Stiftung Warentest in 2008 as recommended. Unluckily the lake does not stand under rasmar protection. The international agreement was ratified by the German government in 1976 and currently (2016) there 34 areas which stand under Ramsar protection. 
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Felix Neo Rieder

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