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Hülben are typical watercourses in the Swabian Alb. They often formed as collection points for rainwater and were once used to supply water to people and livestock in the otherwise water-poor karst landscape. The Neue Hülbe was mentioned early on in historical documents. Its rectangular shape suggests that it was man-made, even if its exact date of origin is not clear.

The body of water has been a nature reserve since 1930. In order to prevent complete silting up, parts of it were dredged in 1971 and 1981. In the center of the Hülbe, a special floating grassland with peat mosses has developed over decades. This floating vegetation cover forms a valuable habitat for rare bog and wetland plants.

Notable species include the endangered common cranberry, sphagnum moss, beaked sedge and plants such as feverfew and bloodwort. Numerous dragonfly species, water snails and amphibians also find suitable habitats here.

Surrounded by grassland and sparse woodland with willows and bog birches, the Neue Hülbe is like a quiet oasis in the open landscape. As a natural monument and cultural-historical evidence of former water management, it is a particularly worthy component of the Alb landscape.