Polder Arkemheen is one of the oldest polders in the Netherlands, located near the Gelderland town of Nijkerk in the municipalities of Nijkerk and Putten. The polder came into being after Duke Reinoud III of Gelre granted the right to dike the area on March 28, 1356. In 1863, a scoop wheel windmill was put into use to drain the polder,[1] and twenty years later a scoop wheel steam pumping station replaced it. Like the mill, it was named after Duke Reinoud, the Stoomgemaal Hertog Reijmout. Later that name would be changed to Stoomgemaal Arkemheen.
The polder is exceptional because there has never been any land consolidation. The original land division structure is still present with winding ditches that originated as channels of the tidal currents of the Zuiderzee. On the landward side of the former sea dikes there are gullies and reed marshes, created by dike breaches. The last dike breach was in 1916.
The area has been part of the National Landscape Arkemheen-Eemland since 2004. A protected Natura 2000 area has been designated under the name of Arkemheen. Many birds can be seen in the polder, including the bittern and the great egret, as well as meadow birds such as the black-tailed godwit, lapwing and skylark. (wikipedia)
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