Stemweder Berg

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View from the north slope of the Wiehengebirge at Luebbecke north- westwards to the mountain Stemweder

The Stemweder mountain ( also called the natural area Stemmer mountains; due to its several hilltops it ought Stemweder mountains called) is one to 181.4 meters above sea level. NHN high mountain range on the border of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia to the northernmost and smallest mountain range in Germany. At the same time the ridge is associated with the natural environment " EMS Hunte Geest and Dumber - Geest lowland ", which forms part of the North German Plain and resides predominantly in Lower Saxony.

As the adjacent community Stemwede he received his name from the medieval county Stemwede free.

Geography

Location

The Stemweder mountain lies on the southern edge of the North German Plain. His furrowed by Taleinschnitte comb is both the boundary between the Diepholz in the north and the district of Minden - Luebbecke in the South as well as between the Federal States of Lower Saxony and North Rhine -Westphalia. About 32 km northeast of Osnabrück and 10 km south-east of the lake Dumber the ridge is part of the nature park Dumber. In local triangle Bohmte - Diepholz - Rahden he rises in the municipality Stemwede inselberg -like from the significantly lower ambient.

Lying around the Stemweder mountain villages are: Brockum ( north ), Stemwede ( east, south to west, from east to west with the municipality of parts Oppenwehe, Oppendorf, Wehdem, Westrup, Arrenkamp, Haldem and Dielingen ) Stemshorn ( west ), Lemfoerde (northwest ) and Quernheim ( north-northwest ).

The closed forest area of 6 to 7 km long 1-3 km wide mountain range covers 10.3 km ², of which there are 7.4 km ² in Westphalia and 2.9 km ² in Lower Saxony.

West of Stemweder mountain the Great Moor is located in Damme, northwest of the Dumber, behind the Dammer Berge, north -northeast of Kellenberg, east of the Rahden - Diepenauer Geest, in southern direction the Lübbecker country and behind the Wiehengebirge Teutoburg in the Natural Park Northern Forest Wiehengebirge.

Nature Spatial allocation

The Stemweder mountain forms in the natural spatial feature unit group Dumber - Geest lowlands (No. 58) in the main unit Rahden - Diepenauer Geest ( 582 ) and in the subunit Stemmer heights ( 582.0 ) the natural environment Stemmer Berge ( 582.00 ).

Surveys

Among the surveys of Stemweder Bergs - sorted by height in meters ( m) above mean sea level ( MSL ): Note: Lower = NI, North Rhine- Westphalia = NW

• Kollwesshöh ( 181.4 m), northwest, north of Arrenkamp
• Schlichter Brink (approx. 170 m), northwest, northeast foothills of the Sharp Mountain
• Rough mountain ( 167.8 m), northwest, north foothills of the Sharp Mountain
• Wegmannsberg ( 160.5 m), northwest, northwest of the Sharp Mountain
• Bald hill ( 146.4 m), northwest, northeast spur of Kollwesshöh and Sharp Mountain
• Young mountain ( about 145 m), northwest, north foothills of the mountain Rauhen
• Dorenberg ( 140.3 m), northwest, northeast from finishing Brink
• Field Brink ( 128.1 m), NI, north from finishing Brink
• East Mountain ( 127.4 m), northwest, northeast from Dorenberg
• Lemförder mountain ( 124 m ), NI, south of Lemfoerde
• Brockumer Klei ( 116.5 m), NI, south of Brockum
• Wehdemer clothing ( 98.1 m), northwest, north of Wehdem
• Dielinger clothing ( 91.7 m), NW, south of Dielingen

Watercourses

One of the streams near the mountain Stemweder include:

• Big Dieck river, the ridge is happening in the south, western tributary of the Große Aue
• Hunte, the ridge passes some distance to the west, southwestern tributary of the Weser

Landscape and geology

In contrast to the near- Dammer mountains and the slightly more distant Ankumer height, which were composed of glacial boulders to a moraine consists of wooded Stemweder mountain from over 200 million -year-old former ocean floor was pushed up as a result of tectonic plate movements and under enormous pressure solidified over millions of years to limestone. If you look closely, you can find fossils as evidence, including prehistoric sea creatures that have been extinct for millions of years. You " lurk " in some lying around boulders and slabs, often even at the surface.

The ridge is composed of layers of the uppermost Cretaceous and its slopes of fertile loess soil. The latter is in contrast to the lowland surrounding Dumber, because there prevail the numerous in Northern Germany sand and peat soils.

The Stemweder mountain deserves due to its tectonic origin and due to its isolated location - it can no longer be referred to as Nebenhöhenzug the Wiehengebirge long - the name means Mountains; He is the smallest of its kind in Germany. This name is wrongly claimed also by the Zittau Mountains, which is a Nebenzug of the Lusatian Mountains and in turn the Sudeten however and also is larger and higher than the Stemweder mountain.

History, dialects and farming communities

Previously, the Stemweder mountain formed part of the border between the kingdoms of Hanover and Prussia. Some landmarks from that period that still exist in the forest, pointing to the Prussian side, a chiselled "P " and on the Hanoverian side, an "H ". The ridge forms a isogloss ( dialect vagina). There are also significant differences evident between the seaward small farmhouses with their meager pastures and the much broader standing there farms, as found from Dielingen where the soils are more productive.

Attractions

In addition to the forest landscape, whose trees you can find out under a forest nature trail, a large mound grave from the Early Bronze Age is worth seeing on Stemweder mountain. There are also on the northern slope Lemfoerde an interesting and noteworthy orchids.

Structures

Furthermore exist (ed ) s in Stemweder mountain several inns, of which only one trip worthwhile " mountain inn Wilhelm height " (about 166 m); to Haldem ) is in operation. The "Prussian Berghaus " (approx. 108 m; too Haldem ) and the " Hanoverian Mountain House " (about 90 meters to Lemfoerde ) are now in private hands. For example, at the nearby north-northwest of the sharp mountain forest road crossing " Haldemer cross" ( 158.2 m) is a mountain hut. (all heights in meters ( m) above mean sea level ( MSL )