The best walks and hikes in Momm-Niederung

At the end of a small stream

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

" In 1719, a village school in Löhnen was first mentioned in the Götterswickerhammer church register. The current building, complete with a teacher's apartment, was occupied in 1826. Friedrich Haastert served as the school's first teacher for almost 50 years, until 1871. Löhnen is considered the southernmost terp village in Germany, with individual farms built on small mounds of earth. Löhnen's low elevation repeatedly led to flooding of the entire village whenever the Rhine carried too much water. The last major flood in 1926 caused much fear and anxiety and caused the Löhnen school community considerable material loss. In 1913, work began on modernizing the school building, initially installing electric lighting. The replacement of the old coal heating system with electric heating in 1964 could not prevent the school from closing on June 27, 1968. The 27 Löhnen schoolchildren were transferred to the elementary school on the Rönskenstraße and the secondary school on Alexanderstraße in Voerde Mitte. Due to the great distance from Voerde Mitte – approximately 4.4 km – the city of Voerde provided a school bus. Walter Neuse provides a detailed account of the school's history. Since then, the village school has been converted into a village community center and opened in 1980 as Alde School. The owner is the city of Voerde. The "Vivat" Löhnen Citizens' Rifle Club is the leaseholder and can sublease to an operator. Major renovations were last carried out in 1990. In addition to state subsidies, the "Vivat" Löhnen club contributed 110,000 Deutsche Marks. Many Löhnen residents contributed back then. Today, Alde School forms the center of the village, and many people even remember it poetically. " https://www.hv-voerde.de/standort-11-die-alde-school-in-loehnen/

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.

Very nice place to stop for a break with a sun terrace right on the Rhine, delicious cakes and tarts, homemade lemonades. Super friendly staff.