Ankum Heights

The Ankumer height, also called Fürstauer mountains, is a 140 m high mountain range in the northern German lowlands in the western part of Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

Geography

The wooded Ankumer height which is about 20 km long and only several kilometers wide, the city of Osnabrück is located about 34 km north- north-west at the interface of the counties Emsland and Osnabrück between Heart Lake in the northwest and Bramsche in the southeast and Fuerstenau in the southwest and Bersenbrueck in Northeast. The southeastern foothills of the mountain range, represents the northwestern part of the Nature and Geopark TERRA.vita (formerly Nature Park Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehengebirge ), extend almost to Alfsee.

East of the Ankumer height are the Dammer Berge, southeast of the west- northwest foothills of the Wiehengebirge, south of the Tecklenburger country and the northwestern foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, west of Lingen height and northwest of Hümmling, both in Emsland, and north of the Oldenburger Munsterland.

Geology

The Ankumer height is part of a glacial Endmoränenstaffel from the previous Vergletscherungsgeschehen the Saale ice age, called the Drenthe -I stage. At this phase, also known as Rehburger ice stage, which can be dated to 230,000 years before present, including the Lingener height, the Dammer Berge, the Kellenberg and Brelinger mountain, but not the Rehburger mountains on Steinhude. Along with her almost symmetrical counterpart, the Dammer mountains beyond the hare valley, stands the Ankumer height after the most prominent Gletscherlobus this ice stage. He filled the lowlands of Artland.

History

Some megalithic monuments testify that the Ankumer amount was settled to prehistoric times.

Transport links

You can reach the Ankumer height above the federal highways 68 that passes through the mountain range to the east, which runs 218 along the southwestern edge of the ridge, the 214, which crosses it in a west-east direction, and on the 402, west of Ankumer height passes, as well as the branching of these roads state and county roads.

Surveys

The highest elevations of the Ankumer height of Trillenberg, which is 140 meters high and is located in the southeast of the ridge, and the Queckenberg, which has 140 m ( north-western tip ) and 137 m (southeast tip ) height and is located in its central part.

  • Trillenberg (140 m above sea level. NN )
  • Queckenberg (140 and 137 m)
  • Schiller mountain ( 133 m)
  • Cribs Feldberg ( 125 m)
  • Schnaatberg (approx. 125 m)
  • Beester mountain ( 124 m )
  • Kolkenberg (120 m)
  • Cow Mountain (120 m)
  • Weser mountain (about 120 m)
  • Hamberg (119 m)
  • Steinberg ( 119 m )
  • Boberg (117 m)
  • Pennigsberg (113 m)
  • Lehmberg (108 m)
  • Rocky Mount (108 m)
  • Heiligenberg (104 m)
  • Members of the House (100 m)
  • Schiller mountain ( 100 m)
  • Kreuzberg ( 90 m)
  • Budde mountain ( 75 m)

Watercourses

Among the rivers in and near the Ankumer include:

  • Hare, the height Ankumer happened in the east, eastern tributary of the Ems
  • Fürstauer mill stream, rises in the central part of the Ankumer height, eastern tributary of the Deeper Aa in the catchment area of the great arteries
  • Ueffelner Aue, rises in the southeast of the Ankumer height, southwestern tributary of the Hare
  • Weeser Aa, rises in the southeast of the Ankumer height, upper reaches of the Halverder Aa in the catchment area of the great arteries

Towns

In the Ankumer height or in the northwest part of the Natural Park Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehengebirge are these places: ( in alphabetical order )

Near the Ankumer height or the North West part of the surrounding nature parks, these towns: ( in alphabetical order )

  • Bersenbrueck
  • Bramsche
  • Fuerstenau
  • Heart Lake
  • New churches (part of Samtgemeinde New Churches )
  • New churches (part of New -Vörden )
  • Nortrup
  • Rieste
  • Ueffeln
  • Geography ( Emsland )
  • Geography (District of Osnabrück )
  • Forest area in Lower Saxony
  • Forest area in Europe
  • Alfhausen
  • Ankum
  • Mountains (Lower Saxony)
  • Bippen
  • Eggermühlen
  • Kettenkamp
  • Merzen
  • Fuerstenau
  • Natural area of lowland and Dumber Geest EMS Hunte Geest
Herzlake Damme Hills Emsland (region) Push moraine Steinhuder Meer Glacier morphology Artland (region) Berge, Lower Saxony Neuenkirchen (Samtgemeinde)
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