Rheinschleife / Kühkopf

South of Frankfurt near Stockstadt am Rhein there is an old winding section of the Rhein river where the Rhein was straitened many years ago… this now cut-off remaining Rhein loop is now a protected nature area where you can go for hours of walking or … photographing. Of course, this is not wilderness by any means, after all it sits right in the very populated Rhein-Main area, but still a bit of nature mostly left to its own development for many years now. You can still clearly see areas like the open plains in the middle of the loop that used to be used for farming, or meadows with fruit trees… and you mostly walk around the loop (on the inside) on a raised bank (almost invisible hidden as your walking path in a forest) that protects the plain in the center from high waters of the Rhein loop (at least that used to be its function)… We have been there a few times now, but have yet to see it in winter, with fog or snow…

For more photographs (in bigger resolution) please visit the „Out for a Walk“ galleries in the different seasons…