Stemweder Berg
Stemweder Berg | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Kollwesshöh |
Elevation | 181.4 m above NN |
Dimensions | |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Germany |
States | Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia |
Range coordinates | 52°26′55″N 8°25′49″E / 52.44861°N 8.43028°E / 52.44861; 8.43028 |
The Stemweder Berg (also known as the Stemmer Berge)[1] is a ridge 181.4 metres (595 ft) above sea level[2] on the border of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is the northernmost and smallest of Germany's Central Uplands ranges.
Like the adjacent municipality of Stemwede, the ridge gets its name from the medieval Free County (Freigrafschaft) of Stemwede.
Location
The Stemweder Berg lies on the southern rim of the North German Plain.
Relief
Amongst the elevations on the Stemweder Berg are the following − sorted by height in metres above Normalnull (NN):[2]
Abbreviations: Lower Saxony = LS, North Rhine-Westphalia = NRW
- Kollwesshöh (181.4 m), NRW
- Scharfer Berg (180.1 m), NRW
- Schlichter Brink (ca. 170 m), NRW
- Rauher Berg (167.8 m), NRW
- Wegmannsberg (160.5 m), NRW
- Kahler Hügel (146.4 m), NRW
- Junger Berg (ca. 145 m), NRW
- Dorenberg (140.3 m), NRW
- Feldbrink (128.1 m), LS
- Ostenberg (127.4 m), NRW
- Lemförder Berg (124.0 m), LS
- Brockumer Klei (116.5 m), LS
- Wehdemer Klei (98.1 m), NRW
The Dielinger Klei (91.7 m, NRW) may also be included as it is a dominant hill in the Stemwede area.
Streams
Amongst the streams near the Stemweder Berg are the:
- Großer Dieckfluss, a western tributary of the Große Aue, which passes the ridge to the south
- Hunte, a southwestern tributary of the Weser, which passes the ridge some way to the west
References
- ^ Because it has several rounded summits, it should really be called the Stemweder Berge i.e. "Stemwede Hills".
- ^ a b Height according to Deutsche Grundkarte auf geoserver.nrw.de
External links
- Diepholz Photo Gallery: Stemweder Berg
- History and stories of the Stemweder Berg and Dümmer See (in German)
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- Anterior Bavarian Forest Einödriegel
- Black Forest Feldberg
- Bohemian Forest Großer Arber (Bavarian Forest Großer Arber)
- Deister Bröhn
- Ebbe Mountains Nordhelle
- Egge Mountains (Prussian) Velmerstot
- Eifel Hohe Acht (Volcanic Eifel Ernstberg)
- Elbe Sandstone Mountains Großer Zschirnstein
- Elm Eilumer Horn
- Elster Mountains Kapellenberg
- Fichtel Mountains Schneeberg (Steinwald Platte, Kohlwald Sieben-Linden-Berg)
- Franconian Forest Döbraberg
- Franconian Jura Dürrenberg
- Gladenbach Uplands Angelburg
- Goshawk Forest Hohes Gras
- Harz Brocken (Blocksberg)
- Hildesheim Forest Griesberg
- Hils Bloße Zelle
- Hoher Meißner Kasseler Kuppe
- Hunsrück Erbeskopf (Soonwald Ellerspring)
- Ith Lauensteiner Kopf
- Kaiserstuhl Totenkopf
- Kaufungen Forest Hirschberg
- Kellerwald Wüstegarten
- Knüll Eisenberg
- Kyffhäuser Kulpenberg
- Lenne Mountains Homert
- Lippe Uplands Köterberg
- North Palatine Uplands Donnersberg
- Odenwald Katzenbuckel
- Ore Mountains Fichtelberg
- Palatine Forest Kalmit
- Rhön Wasserkuppe
- Rothaar Mountains Langenberg
- Saalhausen Hills Himberg
- Siebengebirge Großer Ölberg
- Solling Große Blöße
- Spessart Geiersberg (Breitsol)
- Sudetes Lausche (Luž) (Lusatian Mountains Lausche (Luž) (Zittau Mountains Lausche (Luž)))
- Süntel Hohe Egge
- Swabian Jura Lemberg (Randen Hoher Randen)
- Taunus Großer Feldberg
- Teutoburg Forest (Osning) Barnacken
- Thuringian Forest Großer Beerberg
- Thuringian Slate Mountains Großer Farmdenkopf
- Upper Palatine Forest Kreuzfelsen
- Vogelsberg Taufstein
- Weser Hills Paschenburg Mountain
- Westerwald Fuchskaute
- Wiehen Hills Heidbrink