''Dören'' (or ''Döhren'', singular: ''Döre'') is the name given to
passes through a
range of hills in the
Low German language
Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" refers to the altitude of the areas wher ...
area, especially
Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Ostwestfalen-Lippe (, literally ''East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe'', abbreviation OWL) is the eastern region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, congruent with the administrative region of Detmold and containing the eastern part of Wes ...
. The origin of the term goes back to the Low German word ''Dör'' ("door"). ''Dören'' thus separate two
hill ridges, which in East Westphalia (''Ostwestfalen'') are often known as ''Eggen''. A typical ''Döre'' is the
Wallücke. The
Dören Gorge
''Dören'' (or ''Döhren'', singular: ''Döre'') is the name given to passes through a range of hills in the Low German language area, especially Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The origin of the term goes back to the Low German word ''Dör'' ("door"). ''D ...
between
Pivitsheide V. L. and
Augustdorf
Augustdorf is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...
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'' ...
also bears this name.
Smaller, wet or stream-filled
V-shaped valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a ve ...
s, through which no pass leads, are known as ''
Siepen
''Siepen'', ''Siefen'', ''Seifen'' or ''Seipen'' are typical regional words used in northwestern Germany for what are often narrow, wet, ravine-like V-shaped valleys of the German Central Uplands with their small headstreams. In the south German r ...
'' or ''Siefen'' in Low German as well as in the
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...
dialect area, for example, in the
. The related term of ''
Siek'' from the East Westphalian-Lippe area means a wet 'box valley' (''Kastental'', a valley with wide bottom flanked by steep rock faces), that has arisen through ''
Plaggen Plaggen soil or plaggic anthrosol is a type of soil created in parts of northwest Europe in the Middle Ages, as a result of so-called "plaggen" agriculture on marginal podzol soils.
In order to fertilize the fields, pieces of heath or grass includi ...
'' extraction (a form of peat cutting) and
ash
Ash is the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the ...
cultivation.
Places with the name
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Dörentrup
Dörentrup is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 49.79 km2 and c. 8,000 inhabitants (2013).
The name is derived from the Low German word for hill passes, ''Dören''.
Night lighting sc ...
, village in the county of Lippe
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Dörenberg
The Dörenberg is a hill, , in the Teutoburg Forest in the district of Landkreis Osnabrück, Osnabrück, in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Origin of the name
Dören could be derived, especially in the area of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, from Dören ...
(331.2 m), hill in the county of Osnabrück
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Dörenberg (Lippe Uplands)
The Dörenberg is a hill, , in the Teutoburg Forest in the district of Landkreis Osnabrück, Osnabrück, in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Origin of the name
Dören could be derived, especially in the area of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, from Dören ...
(392.5 m), hill between Dörentrup and Extertal
External links
Woher kommt der Name Dörenberg? – Dörenberg und Dörenschlucht im Teutoburger Wald
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Doren
Doren is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Geography
The municipality of Doren is located in the northwest of the Bregenz Forest. It lies about two-thirds on the south side of the Sulzbergst ...