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title: "Storchenhorst Heimsen I Windmühle"
url: "https://en.teutoburgerwald.de/region/excursion/poi/storchenhorst-heimsen-i-windmuehle"
description: "The occupied stork nests in the Weser villages are particularly attractive in the summer months. After the population in North Rhine-Westphalia was very low at the end of the 1980s, around 90 nests in the Minden-Lübbecke district alone are now successfully breeding again. Almost a third of the stork nests and stork pairs can be found in the \"stork capital Petershagen\".You can find more information on where and whether breeding is taking place under the following link:https://stoerche-minden-luebbecke.de/news/"
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Storchenhorst Heimsen I Windmühle
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- Tourist attractions – various
- nature experiences - various

Ein Storchenpaar steht auf einem hohen Nest aus Zweigen unter einem strahlend blauen Himmel.

Stork capital on the Weser - Heimsen stork roost I windmill

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 The occupied stork nests in the Weser villages are particularly attractive in the summer months. After the population in North Rhine-Westphalia was very low at the end of the 1980s, around 90 nests in the Minden-Lübbecke district alone are now successfully breeding again. Almost a third of the stork nests and stork pairs can be found in the "stork capital Petershagen".
You can find more information on where and whether breeding is taking place under the following link:

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Eligibility

- for Groups
- for Class
- for families
- for individual guests
- Suitable for the Elderly
- for Children of all Ages

Payment methods

no entrance possible

Directions & Parking facilities

The best way to reach the stork nests is on a bicycle tour through the city.

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Contact person

Aktionskomitee Rettet die Weißstörche im Kreis Minden- LübbeckePortastr. 13

32423 Minden

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City of Petershagen

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    23.05 km
    
    
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Bössel 15

32469 Petershagen - Heimsen