List of hills in the Teutoburg Forest

The Barnacken (centre), highest point in the Teutoburg Forest, seen from the Egge Tower

This list of hills in the Teutoburg Forest records a selection of the hills, elevations and foothills (some are only high points on the crest of the ridge) in the Teutoburg Forest and its foothills, a hill chain in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Several belong to the Iburg Forest (a hill ridge near Bad Iburg) or the Lippe Forest (Lippischer Wald) (southeastern part of the chain), most however are considered part of the Western Egge Foreland in the transition region to the Egge Hills (Eggegebirge) – a continuation of the hill chain to the southeast.

Most of the hills of in the Teutoburg Forest lie in North Rhine-Westphalia ("NW"), those in Lower Saxony ("NI") and others on the border between the two states are indicated by the relevant abbreviations. The list is sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN; unless otherwise stated, based on ^[1]; more rarely ^[2] or ^[3]):

Barnacken (446.1 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen; Lippe Forest
- Padberg (437.5 m),
  - (410 m), Schlangen-Kohlstädt
- (408.6 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
- (387.7 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
- (ca. 385 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
(437.0 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg- (also: Western Egge Foreland)
- (409.0 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-
  and the nearby Skilift
(433.2 m), Schlangen-Kohlstädt
and the (also: Western Egge Foreland)
- (401 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Veldrom
  - (ca. 394 m),
Upper (418.8 m, Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen; Lippe Forest
- (386 m), Detmold-Berlebeck
  - (392.8 m), Detmold-; Lippe Forest
  - (ca. 390 m), Detmold-Berlebeck
(417.4 m), Berlebeck-Johannaberg (Detmold); Lippe Forest
- (385.5 m), Johannaberg
- (366.7 m), Johannaberg
(401.9 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
and the nearby ruins of Falkenburg Castle (Detmold); Lippe Forest
- (345.2 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
(393.6 m), Detmold-
and the ; Lippe Forest
- (393.4 m), Detmold-/Schling
- (351 m), Hiddesen
  - (290.9 m), Hiddesen
    and the nearby natural monument of Mordkuhle
  - (281.0 m), Hiddesen
    - (234.7 m), Hiddesen
(or: Teutberg; 386 m), Detmold-Hiddesen
and Hermann’s Monument and hillfort; Lippe Forest
- (ca. 356 m), Hiddesen
- (346.8 m), Detmold-/Schling
(ca. 385 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Veldrom (also: Western Egge Foreland)
(365.2 m), Lage-; Lippe Forest
(365.1 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg
(or: Großer Hermannsberg; 363.7 m), Lage-Hörste; Lippe Forest
- (315,1 m), Hörste
- (278,4 m), Hörste
  - (216.5 m), Detmold-
(339.6 m), Detmold-
- (316 m), Pivitsheide V. H.
Tönsberg (336.9 m), Oerlinghausen; Lippe Forest
and the Hünenkapelle, Sachsenlager, Löns Monument, memorial to the fallen of the 1st World War, Kumsttonne windmill base.
Dörenberg (331.2 m), NI, Georgsmarienhütte; Iburg Forest
u. a. and the (observation tower), Bennosteinbruch and Bäumker Chapel
(325.7 m), Oerlinghausen; Lippe Forest
- (310.2 m), Oerlinghausen
  - (304.0 m), Oerlinghausen
Hohe Warte (325.0 m), Detmold-Berlebeck; Lippe Forest
(320.4 m), Bielefeld-/Lämershagen
- (312.6 m), Lämershagen
- (268.9 m), Bielefeld-/Lämershagen
(317.6 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg-Holzhausen
and the nearby Externsteine
(315.7 m), Halle/Werther
(ca. 314.1 m), Horn-Bad Meinberg
and the nearby Externsteine
(314 m), NI, Bad Iburg; Iburg Forest
and the transmitter site
(312.5 m), between and -
with the and Hünenburg Observation Tower
- (285.7 m), between Quelle and Uerentrup
- (282.2 m), Uerentrup
(312.1 m), Halle
with its closed microwave tower
(309.5 m), between Bielefeld- and -
with its , called the "Iron Anthony" (Eisernem Anton), an observation tower.
- (264.8 m), Buschkamp / Hillegossen
- (260.5 m), Buschkamp / Hillegossen
  and the
(307.1 m), NW / NI, between Borgholzhausen and Dissen
- Ascher Egge (284 m), NI, Dissen
- (ca. 209 m), NI, Dissen
(306.6 m), Borgholzhausen
and the nature reserve of
- Schornstein (ca. 273 m), Borgholzhausen
- (ca. 270 m), Borgholzhausen
(306.2 m), between Bielefeld- and Steinhagen-
and the Schwedenschanze near Dornberg
- Petersberg (266 m), Kirchdornberg / Amshausen
(301.6 m), Bielefeld-Brackwede
(295.1 m), between Bielefeld- and Steinhagen-
(293.8 m), Bielefeld-Sieker and -
- (283.6 m), Sieker and Buschkamp
(292.6 m), Oerlinghausen
(293.0 m), Borgholzhausen
and the Luise Tower (observation tower)
(276.0 m), Bielefeld-/Lämershagen
(ca. 271 m), Oerlinghausen
- (261.4 m), between Oerlinghausen and Oerlinghausen-
  and the 492-metre-long tunnel of the Landesstraße 751n (Oerlinghausen–Lipperreihe section)
(269.2 m), between Borgholzhausen and
and nearby
Großer (269 m), NI, Bad Iburg
- Kleiner Freeden (200 m), NI, Bad Iburg
(266.9 m), Bielefeld-Brackwede
(ca. 266 m), NI, Dissen
and the (with its observation platform)
- (255.4 m), NI, Dissen
  - (ca. 212 m), NI, Dissen
- (ca. 244 m), NI, Dissen
  - (ca. 206 m), NI, Dissen
    - (ca. 200 m), NI, Dissen
(266.0 m), between Bielefeld- and Oerlinghausen
(264 m), NI, Georgsmarienhütte-; Iburg Forest
(ca. 263 m), between Bielefeld- and Steinhagen-
(ca. 262 m), NW / NI, between Hilter and
- (ca. 254 m), NI, Hilter
(ca. 256 m), NI, Georgsmarienhütte-
(253.5 m), Halle
with the nature reserve of incl. the Kaffeemühle observation tower and two nearby monuments
- (ca. 234.0 m), Halle
(ca. 254 m), NI, Hilter
- Asberg (ca. 244 m), NI, Hilter
(248.3 m), between and -
and the nearby and
(245.0 m), NI, Georgsmarienhütte; Iburg Forest
- (191.9 m), NI, Georgsmarienhütte
  and the
(242 m), NI, Bad Iburg
Westerbecker Berg (235 m), Lienen
Hüggel (226 m), NI, between Hasbergen, and Georgsmarienhütte
(225.7 m), Detmold-; Lippe Forest
- (224.1 m), Hiddesen
- (197 m), Detmold-
(ca. 220 m), Melle-Wellingholzhausen
with the nature reserve of Beutling and observation tower
(ca. 220 m), between Bielefeld-Brackwede and
(218.1 m), NI, Bad Iburg
(217.5 m), Steinhagen-
(216.7 m), Steinhagen-
(ca. 208 m), NI, between Bad Laer, Bad Rothenfelde and
with its observation tower
(202.4 m), Tecklenburg-
(197.0 m), Bielefeld
(194.3 m), NI, Bad Iburg
(crash site of Zeppelin , 1910)
(159 m), Ibbenbüren
, NI, (139.2 m), Bad Iburg
(131.8 m), Hörstel-Birgte
(133.5 m), Hörstel-Riesenbeck
- (128.2 m) Hörstel-
- (118.2 m), Hörstel-Riesenbeck
(95.2 m), Hörstel-
northwestern end of the Teutoburg Forest
(90.4 m) in Rheine
(Neuenkirchener Berg; 83.5 m), between Rheine and Neuenkirchen
Thieberg 68.6 m), Rheine
with its memorial

Details not fully known[]

The details of the following hills in the range are not yet complete:

Mielberg (251 m), Bielefeld-Dornberg
Stadtberg, in Rheine

References[]

[DE-NW_TIM-1] Topographic Information Management, Cologne - NRW GEObasis Division (info)

[DE_BFN-Karten-2] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

[NI-Nav-3] Lower Saxony navigator

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List of hills in the Teutoburg Forest

Details not fully known[]

See also[]

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