The Haar () or Haarstrang is a ridge of hills on the southern edge of the Westphalian Basin in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

. From a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...

perspective it is the southern, submontane part of the Hellweg Börde, which stands opposite the northern area of the Süder Uplands (which is the natural region of the

Sauerland The Sauerland () is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of the States of Germany, German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited. ...

), north of the

Möhne The Möhne () is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ruhr. The Möhne passes the towns of Brilon, Rüthen Rüthen () is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Rü ...

and

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr Area, sometimes Ruhr District, Ruhr Region, or Ruhr Valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 1,160/km2 and a populati ...

rivers.E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen: ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands'' - Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, 6th edition Remagen 1959 (a total of 9 editions in 8 books 1953-1962, updated in 1960 with 1:1,000,000 map of major landscape units) Its highest elevation is the 391 m high ''Spitze Warte'', which is situationed near

Rüthen Rüthen () is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Rüthen is situated at the northeastern border of the natural preserve Arnsberger Wald between the Haarstrang and the valley of the river Möhne, app ...

- Hemmern at the eastern end of the Haarstrang. Further west the crest of the ridge reaches heights of generally 200 to 250 m above sea level ( NN) and rises to about 100 to 150 m over the

and

valleys in the south as well as the valley of the

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. ...

in the north separated by the Upper and Lower Hellweg, both parts of the Hellweg Börde.

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Natural region maps
from the individual 1:200,000 sheets by the ''Bundesinstitut für Landeskunde'' - relevant here are all units beginning with "544" on **''Sheet 97 - Münster'' **''Sheet 98 - Detmold'' (west of the sheet) **''Sheet 110 - Arnsberg'' **''Sheet 111 - Arolsen'' (west) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haar Landforms of North Rhine-Westphalia Soest (district) Unna (district) Westphalian Lowland Hill ranges of Germany