Stiftung Schoellerhof

The Schoellerhof Foundation is a legally recognized private foundation owning 211 hectares of agricultural and forestry land in Neuenkirchen near Bramsche (Lower Saxony). It holds these areas as a compensatory land pool for nature conservation and landscape management. The foundation serves environmental, cultural landscape, and nature conservation, engages in monument preservation, and promotes art, culture, science, and research – always guided by the concept of homeland. The lands are conveniently located amidst significant protected areas such as the Düsterdieker Niederung, the Recker Moor, and the Seester Feld.

The Schoellerhof Foundation aims to convert intensively used arable land into species-rich wet and poor meadows, wetland habitats, and near-natural mixed forests. By providing a replacement land pool, it supports cities, municipalities, and planning authorities in compensating for interventions in the natural environment. Additionally, it is committed to monument preservation and the promotion of art, culture, science, and research to preserve the beauty and diversity of the cultural landscape.

The foundation's offerings are aimed at cities, municipalities, and other planning authorities that must ecologically compensate for interventions in the natural environment—such as road construction, development of building areas, or watercourse diversion. The foundation provides near-natural replacement areas with biotopes, meadows, and forests to fulfill statutory compensation obligations in accordance with European legislation.