The Harrl is a high, wooded western outlier of the Bückeberg hill ridge in the Weser Uplands of central Germany. It is up to 213 m above sea level (NN) and lies in the Lower Saxon county of Schaumburg .
12-645: The Harrl runs through the Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park from Bückeburg in the northwest to Bad Eilsen in the southeast, passing Ahnsen to the southwest. East of Bad Eilsen and right of the Bückeburger Aue it is adjoined by the Bückeberg itself. The longitudinal axis of the Harrl is more than 3 kilometres long and it has an area of around 3.5 km. Its highest point
24-604: Is around 88 metres high, is classified as one of Germany's national monuments . From 18 March 1944 until 1 April 1945 a concentration camp was established in the Barkhausen quarter. From 1 February 1945 until 1 April 1945 a camp was used in the Hausberge quarter. In the Lerbeck quarter also was a concentration camp in use from 1 October 1944 until 1 April 1945. In the Neesen quarter
36-695: Is the Harrlberg which lies roughly in the centre of the ridge. To the southwest runs the B 83 federal road. The Harrl, like the Bückeberg, is made of sandstone ( Obernkirchen Sandstone ) and claystones (Upper and Lower Wealden slate) of the Lower Cretaceous . An observation tower stands on the Harrlberg known as the Ida Tower ( Idaturm ). In Harrl there are numerous hiking trails and footpaths . These include
48-706: The River Weser southwards to the Ith ridge, the Osterwald and the Thüster Berg , through a very varied landscape of wooded, rolling hills and small valleys with a myriad streams and rivers. In the Süntel , the Ith and on the Kanstein rocky crags tower over the countryside. A colourful mix of nature reserves and protected landscapes , towns, several spas and small villages and castles of
60-714: The Weser Renaissance period mean that the nature park is a popular local recreation and holiday destination in the north German region. Architectural sights in the area include the: Notable nature areas include the: The most northerly examples of Hartstein rock in Germany occur in the Weser Uplands. As a result, the landscapes and natural regions of the Weser hills are home to numerous quarries belonging to several companies that extract corallian and oolitic Hartstein . These include
72-507: The "destruction of the landscape" by the quarry companies. 52°12′12″N 9°20′50″E / 52.2033°N 9.3472°E / 52.2033; 9.3472 Kleinenbremen Porta Westfalica ( German: [ˈpɔʁta vɛstˈfaːlɪka] ) is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke , in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. The name " Porta Westfalica " is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia ". Coming from
84-619: The Bückeberge Way which runs over the Harrl. This is a 60-kilometre-long major trail in the northern Weser Uplands and is designated as the "X 11". _elevation:213 _region:DE-NI 52°14.8′N 9°4.7′E / 52.2467°N 9.0783°E / 52.2467; 9.0783 Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park The Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park ( German : Naturpark Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln ) lies on
96-831: The Messingsberg near Steinbergen , the Wülpker-Egge near Bückeburg and the Papenbrink near Kleinenbremen in the Weser Hills; as well as the Riesenberg near Langenfeld/Hessisch-Oldendorf and the Mattenberg near Hamelspringe in the Süntel. Schaumburg citizens have founded the Friends of the Weser Uplands and Schaumburg Action Group ( Aktionsgemeinschaft Weserbergland - Schaumburger Freunde ) to protest
108-466: The north to Bad Pyrmont in the south, Bückeburg and Bad Eilsen in the west and Bad Münder and Osterwald in the east. Its highest elevation is in the Süntel hills. Bordered in the north by the forested ridges of the Bückeberg and the Deister , the nature park covers almost 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) from the eastern Weser Hills , Harrl and Süntel running along both sides of
120-469: The north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia. The name was coined by scholars of the 19th century. The town Porta Westfalica was established in 1973 by merging fifteen villages surrounding the gorge. The centre of the modern town is the former village of Hausberge, which was first mentioned in 1096. The Emperor William Monument was erected near the town by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between 1892 and 1896 The monument, which
132-663: The northern edge of the German Central Uplands where it transitions to the North German Plain , about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Hanover . The sponsor of the nature park , which was founded in 1975, is the state of Lower Saxony . The park extends along the Weser valley between Rinteln and Hamelin and includes parts of the Schaumburg Land , Calenberg , Lippe and Pyrmont Uplands from Bad Nenndorf in
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#1733085057437144-565: Was a location for the forced labour for some of the inmates. All of these camps were subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp . On 10 January 2015, Belgian footballer Junior Malanda died in a car accident near the town, aged 20. Porta Westfalica is situated on the right bank of the Weser (except for the Barkhausen quarter), near the Porta Westfalica gorge , where the river runs through
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