General information on land readjustment in Hesse

Land readjustment in Hesse is an important instrument for integrated rural development through measures

• improving the agricultural structure
• village renewal,
• the near-natural development of water bodies
• water retention,
• to protect the soil and improve the microclimate,
• to protect nature,
• for landscape conservation,
• to improve leisure and recreational functions,
• to improve the (transport) infrastructure and
• the preservation and development of cultural landscapes.

Land readjustment

As a collective term, land consolidation encompasses the five types of procedure under the Land Consolidation Act (integral land consolidation, corporate land consolidation, simplified land development procedure, accelerated consolidation and voluntary land swaps), infrastructure measures adapted to the rural character, land management and the SILEK.

Land consolidation

The implementation of procedures in accordance with the Land Consolidation Act serves the purpose of enabling and sustainably securing the use of land (land utilisation) in a socially acceptable manner that is typical of the region, economically viable and environmentally compatible on the basis of conceptual guidelines and in line with regional planning requirements.

Infrastructure measures adapted to the rural character

In order to tap into the agricultural and tourism development potential in rural areas, infrastructure measures outside of procedures under the Land Consolidation Act can be subsidised.

Land management

Land management supports the sustainable development of rural areas outside of standardised procedures through the moderation, control and monitoring of processes.

SILEK

SILEK is an integrated rural development concept limited to a spatial and thematic focus, the preparation of which can be subsidised in the run-up to procedures under the Land Consolidation Act. With the intensive involvement of the population, opportunities for a specific area are analysed in a joint process, development goals are identified and projects are initiated to strengthen the sustainable development capacity of the area.