The Stemweder Berg (also known as the Stemmer Berge)Because it has several rounded summits, it should really be called the ''Stemweder Berge'' i.e. "Stemwede Hills". is a ridge above sea levelHeight according t
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North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

and

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

in Germany. It is the northernmost and smallest of Germany's Central Uplands ranges. Like the adjacent municipality of

Stemwede Stemwede is a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Following a recent regional reorganization, in 1973, the former districts of Dielingen-Wehdem and Levern were consolidated and the district of "Stemwe ...

, the ridge gets its name from the medieval Free County (''Freigrafschaft'') of Stemwede.

Location

The Stemweder Berg lies on the southern rim of the North German Plain.

Relief

Amongst the elevations on the Stemweder Berg are the following − sorted by height in metres above

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

(NN):
Abbreviations:

= LS,

= NRW * Kollwesshöh (181.4 m), NRW * Scharfer Berg (180.1 m), NRW * Schlichter Brink (ca. 170 m), NRW * Rauher Berg (167.8 m), NRW * Wegmannsberg (160.5 m), NRW * Kahler Hügel (146.4 m), NRW * Junger Berg (ca. 145 m), NRW * Dorenberg (140.3 m), NRW * Feldbrink (128.1 m), LS * Ostenberg (127.4 m), NRW *

Lemförde Lemförde is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near lake Dümmer, approx. 15 km south of Diepholz. Lemförde is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Altes Amt ...

r Berg (124.0 m), LS *

Brockum Brockum is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, a ...

er Klei (116.5 m), LS * Wehdemer Klei (98.1 m), NRW The Dielinger Klei (91.7 m, NRW) may also be included as it is a dominant hill in the Stemwede area. Falk Oberdorf Stemweder Berg Neigung

Streams

Amongst the

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

s near the Stemweder Berg are the: *

Großer Dieckfluss The Großer Dieckfluss is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Große Aue in Preußisch Ströhen. See also *List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A * Aa, left ...

, a western tributary of the Große Aue, which passes the ridge to the south * Hunte, a southwestern tributary of the

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Bre ...

, which passes the ridge some way to the west

References

External links

Diepholz Photo Gallery: Stemweder BergHistory and stories of the Stemweder Berg and Dümmer See
{{German Central Uplands Hill ranges of Germany Forests and woodlands of North Rhine-Westphalia Stemwede