Stemweder Berg

Stemweder Berg
Stemweder Berg
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

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

[1] Because it has several rounded summits, it should really be called the Stemweder Berge i.e. "Stemwede Hills".

[geoserver-2] Height according to Deutsche Grundkarte auf geoserver.nrw.de

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