Hüggel
| Hüggel | |
|---|---|
 The Hüggel with woods devastated by Hurricane Kyrill | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 225.6 m above sea level (NN) (740 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°13′24″N 7°58′09″E / 52.22333°N 7.96917°ECoordinates: 52°13′24″N 7°58′09″E / 52.22333°N 7.96917°E |
| Geography | |
  Hüggel | |
The Hüggel is a ridge, up to 225.6 m above sea level (NN),[1] about 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide, near Hasbergen in the Lower Saxon district of Osnabrück in central Germany. It is the highest point of the Osnabrück Uplands. It is an Upper Carboniferous outcrop is part of the Ibbenbüren Coalfield.
Hills
Amongst the elevations in the Hüggel and its foothills − sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN)[1] - are the:
- Hüggel (225.6 m)
- Kleiner Hüggel (ca. 200 m)
- Heidhornberg (180.2 m)
- Silberberg (179.8 m)
- Jägerberg (176 m)
- Heidberg (165.1 m)
- Domprobst Sundern (157.6 m)
- Bükersberg (152.6 m)
- Martiniberg (125.1 m)
- Ortenbrick (120.5 m)
- Steinbrink (118 m)
- Roter Berg (108 m)
References
- 1 2 Kartendienste des BfN
External links
- Photos of surviving galleries in the Hüggel
- Caves on the Hüggel: created by the mining industry or naturally formed?
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