Windwehetal, Nature conservation area in Leopoldshöhe, Germany

Windwehetal is a protected nature conservation area in Leopoldshöhe that features diverse habitats shaped by meadows, hedgerows, and water features. The landscape creates a mosaic of different biotopes that support a wide range of plant and animal communities.

The sources document the Windwehetal as a nature conservation area with the object code LIP-037, covering about 56.5 hectares on the municipal territory of Leopoldshöhe in the Lippe district, split across the Bechterdissen, Greste and Schuckenbaum sections. The Windwehe stream, which forms the boundary between Leopoldshöhe and Bielefeld, separates it from the roughly 29.5-hectare Windweheniederung nature reserve (BI-018) in Bielefeld's Brönninghausen district to the west; the Windwehetal and Seitentäler landscape conservation area borders it directly to the east.

The Windwehe gives the valley its name and marks the boundary between Leopoldshöhe and Bielefeld; west of the stream lies Bielefeld's 29.5-hectare Windweheniederung reserve (BI-018). The valley's side hollows and alder-ash gallery woods are the features walkers notice, with wet hollows and willow scrub between the trees.

The Windwehe marks the boundary between Leopoldshöhe and Bielefeld; the adjoining Windweheniederung reserve (BI-018, about 29.5 ha) lies west in Bielefeld's Brönninghausen district. The Windwehetal reserve covers about 56.5 ha across Bechterdissen, Greste and Schuckenbaum, and the Windwehetal und Seitentäler landscape protection area borders it directly to the east.

The Windwehe marks the boundary between Leopoldshöhe and Bielefeld, and the stream's up to three-metre-high cut and slip banks show how actively it shifts its bed. Directly across the water in Brönninghausen lies the separate 29.5-hectare Windweheniederung reserve (BI-018), while the Windwehetal and Seitentäler landscape protection area borders the site to the east.