The Helpt Hills (german: Helpter Berge) are the highest natural elevation in the northeast German state of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
reaching a maximum height of above
sea level (NHN). The hills are a
terminal moraine
A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by the front edge ...
formed during the Pomeranian stadium of the
Weichselian glaciation
The Weichselian glaciation was the last glacial period and its associated glaciation in northern parts of Europe. In the Alpine region it corresponds to the Würm glaciation. It was characterized by a large ice sheet (the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet) ...
and were named after the village of
Helpt
Helpt is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 25 May 2014, it is part of the town Woldegk
Woldegk () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, i ...
on their northern slopes.
The ridge, which is part of a relatively short hill chain running from southwest to northeast, is located in the east of the aforementioned German state in the district of
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte about (south)-east of
Neubrandenburg, north of
Woldegk
Woldegk () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 24 km southeast of Neubrandenburg. The former municipality Petersdorf was merged into Woldegk in May 2019. Woldegk ...
and west of
Strasburg.
About southwest of the highest point of the Helpt Hills is the
Helpterberg Television Tower which is about high and not accessible to the public. Other transmission installations have been built not far to the north-northeast of the tower.
See also
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List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany
This list of mountain and hill ranges in Germany contains a selection of the main mountain and hill regions in Germany.
In addition the list shows the highest (German) mountain in the range together with its height above sea level (taken as Norma ...
References
Hills of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)
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