List of mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia
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This list of the mountains and hills in North Rhine-Westphalia shows a selection of high or well-known mountains and hills in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (in order of height).
Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian provinces[]
The following table gives the highest hill or point in the five provinces (Regierungsbezirke) of North Rhine-Westphalia.
By clicking on the word "List" in the "Lists" column you will be taken to a list of other hills in the respective region or hill range (some of which lie partly outside of North Rhine-Westphalia}. The table is listed in order of height, but can be sorted by other columns by clicking on the symbol at the head.
Highest summit |
Height (m) |
Region/range |
Lists |
Province |
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Langenberg | 843.2 | Rothaar | Arnsberg | |
Weißer Stein | 693 | Eifel (Zitterwald) | List | Cologne |
Köterberg | 495.8 | Weser Uplands | List | Detmold* |
Brodtberg | 378.9 | Bergisches Land | --- | Düsseldorf |
Westerbecker Berg | 236 | Teutoburg Forest | List | Münster |
- The highest point in the Province of Detmold is on the flank of the Totenkopf in the Sauerland near Bad Wünnenberg. The provincial boundary runs up to a height of 498 m above sea level (NN).
Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian regions[]
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In the following table are the highest mountains and hills in the various North Rhine-Westphalian landscapes (regions or hill ranges).
In the "Landscape" column, major hill ranges are shown in bold and landscape units that have no significant local high point or are basins, whose (sometimes island-like) high points have some isolation, are shown in italics. Clicking "List" in the rows of the "List" column links to other hills or mountains in that landscape – some of which are outside of North Rhine-Westphalia. The table is arranged by height, but may be sorted by other criteria by clicking the symbol of the desired column.
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Mountain / hill |
Height (m) |
Landscape |
Lists |
District(s) (or states) free towns |
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Langenberg | 843.2 | Rothaar | Hochsauerland (North Rhine-Westphalia) Waldeck-Frankenberg Hesse | |
Weißer Stein | 693 | Eifel (Zitterwald) |
List List |
Euskirchen |
688.5 | Saalhauser Berge | List | Hochsauerland, Olpe | |
670.2 | Brilon Heights | List | Hochsauerland | |
Nordhelle Ebbegebirge |
663.3 | Ebbegebirge | List | Märkischer Kreis |
Steling | 658.3 | Rur Eifel Part of the Eifel |
--- List |
Städteregion Aachen |
Homert Lennegebirge |
656.1 | Lennegebirge | List | Hochsauerland |
610.3 | Westerwald | List | Siegen-Wittgenstein | |
Michelsberg | 586.1 | Ahr Hills Part of the Eifel |
List List |
Euskirchen |
585.2 | Hürtgen Forest Part of the Eifel |
--- List |
Städteregion Aachen | |
unnamed summit | 581.5 | Arnsberg Forest | List | Soest |
unnamed summit | 527.8 | Kermeter Part of the Eifel |
List List |
Euskirchen |
Oberbergischer Kreis |
519.0 | Bergisches Land | --- | Oberbergischer Kreis |
Köterberg | 495.8 | Weser Uplands | List | Kreis Lippe (North Rhine-Westphalia), Kreis Höxter (North Rhine-Westphalia) Holzminden (Lower Saxony) |
Preußischer Velmerstot | 468 | Eggegebirge | List | Kreis Paderborn |
Großer Ölberg | 460.1 | Siebengebirge | Rhein-Sieg | |
456.2 | Hochsauerland | |||
Barnacken | 446.1 | Teutoburg Forest | List | Lippe |
441.0 | Ruhrgebiet | --- | Ennepe-Ruhr | |
390.6 | Haarstrang | --- | Soest | |
Desenberg | 343.2 | --- | Höxter (Warburg) | |
Heidbrink | 319.6 | Wiehen Hills | List | Minden-Lübbecke |
Sophienhöhe ( am Tagebau Hambach) |
301.8 | Jülich-Zülpich Börde | --- | Düren |
282.8 | Solingen (kreisfreie Stadt) Wuppertal (independent city) | |||
273.8 | Ardey Hills | List | Ennepe-Ruhr | |
(spoil tip of a former open-cast mine) |
209 | Rhein-Erft | ||
Westerberg Baumberge (Westerather Berg) |
187.6 | Baumberge | List | Coesfeld |
Kollwesshöh | 181.4 | Stemweder Berg | List | Minden-Lübbecke |
174.4 | Beckum Hills | List | Warendorf | |
153.8 | Recklinghausen | |||
145.9 | Recklinghausen | |||
133.8 | Coesfeld, Borken | |||
133.3 | Recklinghausen | |||
107.4 | Borken |
List of mountains and hills[]
Name, Height in metres above NN, Location (district/landscape); three "???" means unknown or not researched; please complete!
- Langenberg (843.2 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- Kahler Asten (841.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (839.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Hopperkopf (832.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- (817.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (815.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (812 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Bremberg (809 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Hoher Eimberg (806.1 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district
- (805.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- (804.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (792.4 m), Hochsauerland district
- (792.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (792.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (between 790 and 799 m), Mark district, Rothaar
- (790.0 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (789.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (788.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (785.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- Junge Grimme (782 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Dreiskopf (781 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district
- (775.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- (768 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (764.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (757 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (756 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
- (746 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Bastenberg (744.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (744.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (744 m), Hochsauerland district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (743 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
- Auf'm Knoll (738 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
- (740 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (733 m), Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rothaar
- (732 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (725 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (721 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (715.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Saukopf (715 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (713 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (712 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (711 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (703.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (703.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (695 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (693.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Weißer Stein (692 m / 689 m on the North Rhine-Westphalian side), Euskirchen district, Zitter Forest/North Eifel
- (686.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (684.6 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
- (678 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Milfen (670 m), ??? district, Rothaar
- (670 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
- Borberg (669 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
- Nordhelle (Ebbegebirge) (663.3 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
- (659.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Steling (658 m), Aachen district, Rur Eifel
- (658), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- (1) (656 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands
- Hoher Wald (655 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (653.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (650 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (649 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (648 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands
- (646 m), Olpe district, Ebbegebirge
- (644.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (644 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (637.2 m above NN), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (634.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Homberg (630 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Röhrenspring (629 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Hölzenberg (626 m), ??? district, Rothaar
- (624.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (620 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
- (617.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (610 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Westerwald
- Eisenberg (606 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
- Kuhelle (603 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
- (600 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
- (596 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- , (591 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar / Westerwald
- Michelsberg (588 m), Euskirchen district, Ahr Hills, Eifel
- (587.9 m), Olpe district
- Unnamed peak (581.5 m), near Meschede-Eversbergs, Soest district, Arnsberg Forest
- Wilde Wiese (580 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
- Kalteiche (579.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar
- Weiße Frau (572 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
- (560 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Unnamed peak (559.5 m), near Brilon-Esshofs, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Unnamed peak near the Meschede TV tower (557.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Warsteiner Kopf (556.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (555 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
- Gemeinheitskopf (551.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Tiefenrother Höhe (551 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Unnamed peak (550.8 m), near Meschede and the "B 55", Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Niekopf (550.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Ebberg (546.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Balve Forest (545.9 m), Mark district, Rothaar
- Ensterknick (543.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Nuttlar Heights (Nuttlarer Höhe) (542.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Stimm Stamm (541.1 m), Passhöhe, Soest district and Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (2) (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
- (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
- (537 m), ??? district, Ahr Hills, Eifel
- Heimberg (536 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
- Sengenberg (530.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (529 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
- (526 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Wildbretshügel (525 m), Euskirchen district/Düren district, Rur Eifel/Kermeter
- Wehberg (525 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Liverhagen (522.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Moosberg (522.0 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Voßstein (521.1 m; nordöstlicher Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Hornscheid (519.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Voßstein (519.7 m; mittlerer Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (3) (519 m), Upper Berg district, Bergisches Land
- Silberkuhle (515 m), Upper Berg district, Bergisches Land
- Greverhagen (514.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Kopnück (514 m), Euskirchen district, Ahr Hills, Eifel
- (512.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Voßstein (512.3 m; southwestern peak), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Brandenberg (509.3 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (506 m), Marienheide, Upper Berg district, Bergisches Land
- Heinberg (504.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Neuer Berg (504.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Wennemer Höhe (503.3 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Totenkopf (502.6 m), Hochsauerland district, near Marsberg
- Kohlberg (502 m), Mark district
- Kopf (500.8 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Blumenkopf (500.7 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Schaaken (500 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
- (499.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Suhrenberg (498.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Köterberg (496 m; Monte Wau-Wau), Lippe district, Weser Uplands, border of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
- Schälhorn (493 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
- Kahlenbergsköpfe (485.7 m southern peak), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Schellberg (472 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
- (468.7 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Preußischer Velmerstot (468 m), Paderborn district, Eggegebirge
- Kahlenbergsköpfe (466.9 m mittlerer Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Tüppel (461 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Großer Ölberg (460 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- (455 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- (452.6 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Hoheloh (451 m), ??? district, Sindfeld
- Kahlenbergsköpfe (447.5 m nördlicher Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Barnacken (446 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- (443.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (443.1 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (442 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Breckerfeld, highest elevation in the Ruhr
- (441 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg
- Lippischer Velmerstot (441 m), Lippe district, Eggegebirge
- (436.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- (435 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- Hirseberg (434 m), ??? district, Sindfeld
- Hohlestein (433 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- (431.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Padberg (426 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Küppel (422.6 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Unnamed peak (285.8 m), near Möhnesee-Delecke, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (418 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Püsterberg (410 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (402 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Burgberg, (400.5 m), Düren district, North Eifel
- Piusberg (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Stillenbergskopf (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Markberg (394 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Sonnenberg (393.3 m), Düren district, Rur Eifel/Hausener Busch
- Bielstein (393 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Spitze Warte (391 m), Soest district, Haarstrang
- (388 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Westerwald
- (386 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- (383 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land
- (380 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg
- Brodtberg (378.86 m), Remscheid, Bergisches Land
- (378 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land
- (375.8 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Butterberg (372 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- (366.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
- Hermannsberg (364 m; also called Großer Hermannsberg), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Eisenberg (361 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- Lichtscheid (351 m), Wuppertal
- (348 m), Rhine-Berg district, Bergisches Land
- Wehlhügel (346 m), Soest district, Haarstrang
- Desenberg (343.6 m), Höxter district,
- Bonstapel (342 m), Herford district, Weser Uplands
- Großer Ehberg (340 m), ??? district, Teutoburg Forest
- (335 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- Tönsberg (333.4 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
- Petersberg (331 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- (326.3 m), Wuppertal
- (324 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- Drachenfels (321 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
- Vaalserberg (322.50 m), Germany-Belgium-Netherlands border, Aachen Forest
- Heidbrink (319.6 m), Minden-Lübbecke district, Wiehen Hills
- (316 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
- (312 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
- / Eiserner Anton (309 m), town of Bielefeld, Teutoburg Forest
- (307 m), Gütersloh district, on the border between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Teutoburg Forest
- Bußberg (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
- (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
- Teutberg (305.3 m), Lippe district
- (302 m), Bielefeld, Teutoburg Forest
- (291 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
- Sophienhöhe (290 m), Düren district, a slag heap
- Nettelstedter Berg (289 m), Minden-Lübbecke district, Wiehen Hills
- (282.8 m), Wuppertal,
- Wittekindsberg (281.48 m), Porta Westfalica, Wiehen Hills
- Auf dem Heil (274 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Ardey Hills
- Nonnenstein (274 m), on the border between Herford and Minden-Lübbecke districts, Wiehen Hills
- (269 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Witten
- (264 m), Aachen
- (260.2 m), Rhine-Berg district
- Klusenberg (254 m), Dortmund, Ardey Hills, highest hill on Dortmund city territory
- Syberg (244 m), Dortmund, Ardey Hills
- (243 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
- (236 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Leuscheid
- Böllberg (236 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
- Westerbecker Berg (236 m), Steinfurt district
- Harkortberg (232 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Ardey Hills
- (204 m), highest point in Rhein-Erft district, Ville ridge
- (201.8 m), Gelsenkirchen,
- Ibbenbüren-Dickenberg (201 m) Ibbenbüren Steinfurt district (Bergehalde)
- Unnamed peak (193 m) in Bochum-Stiepel, western extension of the Ardey Hills, highest hill in the city of Bochum
- Maschberg (190.2 m), Herford district
- (190 m), Aachen district
- Limberg ((190 m), Minden-Lübbecke district
- Westerberg (187 m), Coesfeld district, Baumberge
- (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
- Brasberg (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
- Stever Berge (182 m), Coesfeld district, Baumberge
- Stemweder Berg (181 m), Minden-Lübbecke district, Stemme Hills
- (174 m), Steinfurt district
- (173 m), Warendorf district, Beckum Hills
- (164.10 m), Ruppichteroth
- (159 m), Steinfurt district, Teutoburg Forest
- (157.6 m), Borken district
- (156 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
- (150 m), Unna district,
- Waldbeerenberg (146 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
- Bergelerberg (136 m), Warendorf district, Beckum Hills
- Granatsberg (135 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
- Fischberg (134 m), ??? district, Borkenberge
- Ostenberg (126 m), ??? district, Stemme Hills
- (126 m), Bottrop,
- Weseler Berg (126 m), Recklinghausen district, the
- Dachsberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
- Galgenberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
- Stuckenberg (118 m), Unna district, Unna-
- Monte Troodelöh (118 m), Köln, Königsforst
- Maiberg (109 m), ??? district, Hohe Mark
- Hammerberg (106 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
- Kurricker Berg (102 m), Stadt Hamm in the borough of
- (102 m), Neukirchen-Vluyn,
- Tannenbülten (100 m), ??? district, Die Berge
- Klever Berg (99 m), Kleve district, Kleve
- (118 m), Rhine-Sieg district
- (87 m), Krefeld
- (77 m), Krefeld
- (75 m), Duisburg
- (75 m), Xanten
- (68 m), between Rheurdt and Issum
- Hülser Berg (63 m), Krefeld
See also[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Wuppertaler_Berge.jpg/220px-Wuppertaler_Berge.jpg)
- List of the highest mountains in Germany
- List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany
- List of hills in the Teutoburg Forest
- Lists of mountains of Germany
- Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Rhine-Westphalia-related lists