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Parks & Nature

6 places in Wachtendonk

Caenheide Nature Reserve and Middle Niers River Meadows

since 1955

Near-natural river meadows along the Niers, plus the historic Caenheide parkland with exotic trees and rare bird species.

Wachtendonk's largest parkHeronger Buschberge, Wankumer Heide Nature Reserve© TDG-Foto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Heronger Buschberge, Wankumer Heide Nature Reserve

since 1938

Forest-rich reserve with pristine spring-fed streams, linking the Krickenbecker Seen lakes to the middle Niers valley.

Nette (Niers)

Small river in the Lower Rhine region that lent its name to the Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park and the town of Nettetal before joining the Niers.

Niers

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A 116 km river rising near Erkelenz that crosses from Germany into the Netherlands to join the Meuse as a right tributary.

Schürkesbach

A roughly two-kilometre spring-fed stream in the Wankum Heath, home to protected river lamprey and stone loach — plus traces of a Roman waystation.

Vorster Feld Nature Reserve

since 1981

A roughly 35-hectare protected area south of Wachtendonk, bordered on its eastern edge by the Niers river.

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