Top 7 Lakes around Frettenheim

Information board on the outskirts of Eich about the NATURE RESERVE "EICH-GIMBSHEIMER ALTRHEIN" and "GIMBSHEIMER ALTRHEIN" Nature Reserve "Gimbsheimer Altrhein" Landscapely, this is a meander of the Rhine, which became the Altrhein before 1790 and later silted up due to a lowering of the groundwater level. Numerous endangered and threatened bird species find breeding grounds here: Little and Black-necked Grebes, Little Bittern, Purple and Grey Heron, Gadwall, Teal, Garganey, Tufted Duck, and Pochard, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Kingfisher, and Black-headed Gull, as well as the songbird species Sand Martin, Bluethroat, Savi's Warbler, Reed Warbler, and Great Reed Warbler, Bearded Tit, and Penduline Tit. They also provide important resting and wintering sites for migratory birds. Size: 112 hectares - second-largest nature reserve in the Alzey-Worms district/Rhineland-Palatinate Established: 1979 Protected area ID: 7331-059 & Nature Reserve "Eich-Gimbsheimer Altrhein" The Eich-Gimbsheimer Altrhein is a silted-up former bend of the Old Rhine River in the middle of intensively used arable land. The core of the area is a reed bed of approximately 300 hectares (approximately 4.5 km long and 600 m wide). These silted-up reed beds are among the largest contiguous reed beds in Rhineland-Palatinate. In some areas, fragments of river valley meadow vegetation are still preserved, forming a mosaic with wet and marshy meadows. Rows of willows and poplars stand along the edge and along the former flood channel of the Rhine. Large bodies of water created by gravel mining are important resting places for ducks and divers. The area, which is also designated a bird sanctuary under the EU Birds Directive, is one of the most important ornithologically in southwest Germany. It is a breeding ground for rare and specialized bird species such as the purple heron, sedge warbler, thrush and sedge warbler, marsh harrier, water rail, bluethroat, and penduline tit. These species depend on reed beds as habitat. Threatened dragonfly species recorded in the area include the spotted emerald damselfly, the sedge hawker, the small damselfly, the greater damselfly. The population of the common spadefoot toad is the most significant in Rheinhessen. A floristic feature is the occurrence of the glossy spurge, which in Germany is found only here and in Bavaria in the Isar estuary. Also outstanding are the vineyards of Schneide, a very rare plant community in Rhineland-Palatinate and a habitat type of priority European importance. Size: 162 hectares - the largest nature reserve in the Alzey-Worms district/Rhineland-Palatinate Established: 1966 Protected area ID: 7331-058

Wetland biotope "Eisweiher" The area around the pond is beautiful and the pond is currently well filled with water. As its name suggests, the ice used to be broken in winter for cooling purposes. "Eisweiher is a generic term for smaller, usually relatively shallow bodies of still water that freeze quickly in a favorable location and with appropriate weather conditions. They are of natural origin or were created specifically for use." (Source: Wikipedia)

Today the ice pond was actually frozen over.

Since 1991 the Selzverband of the districts of Alzey-Worms and Mainz-Bingen has been realizing renaturation projects on around 180 hectares along the Selz. In this way, the river and its floodplains are being renatured piece by piece. Wetlands were created, the banks flattened and fall trees installed so that the Selz can find a new path. Many amphibians, water birds and insects can be observed again since then, also here, from this rest bench.

A small pond in Osthofen with lots of poultry invites you to take a short break. The pond is located near the memorial.

Unfortunately, there was no water to be seen in December 2020.

Very nice swimming lake, there is a free bathing area that is closed off from the rest of the lake. Slightly offside, a sand-water mixture mined through a pipe inlet flows into the lake.

currently closed due to Corona.