At the Barnacken is the highest

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in the

Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the ''Teutoburg Forest'' ...

in the German state of

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Geography

The Barnacken is located about 3 km (

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) southwest of

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, part of the town of

Horn-Bad Meinberg Horn-Bad Meinberg (; Low German: '' Häoern-Möomag '') is a German city in the Lippe district in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia on the edge of the Teutoburg forest. The district Bad Meinberg is a spa resort. It has 17,263 inhabitan ...

, and northwest of the Silberbach stream, which runs in a valley in a southwest to northeast direction through Veldrom to Leopoldstal, and the transition between the Teutoburg Forest and the

Eggegebirge The Egge Hills (, ), or just the Egge (''die Egge'') is a range of forested hills, up to , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest range near Horn-Bad M ...

hills. Its north-northeastern spur is the ''Kleine Rigi'' (387.7 m), its eastern subpeak, the ''Kartoffelberg'' (ca. 385 m) and its western spur, the ''Mordkopf'' (408.6 m); they belong to Horn-Bad Meinberg. Its southern spur is the ''Padberg'' (437.5 m) which belongs to Schlangen. The river Strothe rises on the Barnacken, near the B 1 federal road, and flows in a southwesterly direction alongside the B1 from Horn-Bad Meinberg in the northeast to

Schlangen Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge ...

in the southwest and which continues as the

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before discharging into the river

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Weser-Ems watershed

The most southeasterly point of the Weser-Ems watershed is located on the Barnacken. All streams that rise in the Teutoburg Forest further to the northwest of this hill and flow westwards discharge, sooner or later, into the river

Ems Ems or EMS may refer to: Places and rivers * Domat/Ems, a Swiss municipality in the canton of Grisons * Ems (river) (Eems), a river in northwestern Germany and northeastern Netherlands that discharges in the Dollart Bay * Ems (Eder), a river o ...

. By contrast, the streams and rivers that flow from here northwards and eastwards join the

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at some point. It should also be mentioned here that all streams that rise south of the Barnacken and flow towards the southwest, eventually enter the

, which ultimately flows into the

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Points of interest

The following points of interest and geographical features may be found in the vicinity of the Barnacken: *

Externsteine The Externsteine () is a distinctive sandstone List of rock formations, rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Lippe district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The formation is a T ...

* Fürstenallee * Gauseköte (pass) *

Hermannsdenkmal Aerial view of the Hermannsdenkmal The ''Hermannsdenkmal'' (German for "Hermann Memorial") is a monument located southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe (North Rhine-Westphalia), in Germany. It stands on the densely forested ', sometimes a ...

* Lippischer Velmerstot * Preußischer Velmerstot * Falkenburg ruins * Silberbachtal

References

{{German Central Uplands Central Uplands Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia Teutoburg Forest

Geography

Weser-Ems watershed

Points of interest

See also

References