The Saalhausen Hills (german: Saalhauser Berge) are a range of hills up to high in the

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

region within the districts of Olpe and

Hochsauerlandkreis Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, M� ...

in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

. They are part of the

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and lie within the

Süder Uplands The Süder Uplands Saalhausen Freital is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on a small river, the Weißeritz, and is southwest of Dresden. Geography Freital is located southwest of Dresden in the Döh ...

, part of the town of

Lennestadt Lennestadt (occasionally also ''die Lennestadt'') lies in the Sauerland in southeast North Rhine-Westphalia and is a community in Olpe district. It is the district's most populous municipality. Lennestadt itself is not an actual town but a communi ...

, which is located on the southern edge of this forested region.

Geography

The Saalhausen Hills are part of the South Sauerland Rothaar foothills (''Südsauerländer Rothaarvorrückens''), which belong to the West Sauerland Uplands (geographical unit no. 336). The hills are clearly delineated in the south by the

Lenne The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany. It has caused flooding in recent years. Having its source on top of the '' Kahler Asten'' near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the L ...

and cover that part of the Sauerland between Lennestadt in the west and

Schmallenberg Schmallenberg ( Westphalian: ''Smalmereg'') is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest o ...

in the east. To the northwest are the foothills of the

Lennegebirge The Lenne Mountains (german: Lennegebirge), or Lenne Uplands (''Lennebergland''), is a range of hills up to high in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the Süder Uplands within the Rhine Massif. Geography Location The ...

, to the southeast the

Rothaargebirge The Rothaar Mountains (german: Rothaargebirge, , also ''Rotlagergebirge''), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany. It is believed that its name must once have been ...

, to the southwest other elements of the South Sauerland Rothaar foothills and to the northeast the Fredeburger Land. The hills, whose southwest and central areas fall within the

Rothaargebirge Nature Park The Rothaar Mountains (german: Rothaargebirge, , also ''Rotlagergebirge''), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany. It is believed that its name must once have been ...

, are located north of the upper Lenne valley, southeast of the Elspebach and southwest of the upper course of the

Wenne Wenne is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The river springs in a forest area near Obringhausen. It flows through the villages of Niederberndorf, Menkhausen, Grimminghausen (Schmallenberg), Lochtrop, Frielinghausen, Bremke, Wenh ...

Hills

The highest elevation in the Saalhausen Hills is the 687.7 m high Himberg. Other hills include the Auergang (684.1 m), Ösenberg (678.8 m), Hoher Lehnberg (668.8 m), Hoher Hagen (642.2 m), Jürgensberg (618.9 m),

Beerenberg Beerenberg is a stratovolcano dominating the northeastern end of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It is high and is the world's northernmost subaerial active volcano and the only volcano in Norway. The volcano is topped by a mostly ice-fill ...

(614.1 m), Haferhagen (611.4 m), Kuhhelle (602.6 m), Stöppelkopf (572.0 m) and Robecker Berg (528.0 m).

Tourism

A section of the

Homert Trail Homert is a German placename and may refer to the following places or geographical features in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: ;Place * Homert (Lüdenscheid), a village named after the peak in the Ebbe Mountains in the municipality of Lüdens ...

runs through the Saalhausen Hills over a pass between the Himberg and Hoher Lehnberg.

External links

* of the Saalhausen Hills with boundaries and all important heights
Placemarks
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BfN Landscape fact file: South Sauerland Rothaar foothills
{{German Central Uplands Sauerland Central Uplands Hill ranges of Germany Landforms of North Rhine-Westphalia