The Paderborn Plateau ( German : Paderborner Hochfläche ) in central Germany is, geologically speaking, the southeastern element of the Westphalian Bight and, at the same time, the largest limestone and karst landscape in Westphalia .
5-866: In the west the Alme valley forms the boundary with the Hellweg region including the Haarstrang and Hellweg Börde ; to the north the plateau is bordered by the Lippe depression , the Senne and the Teutoburg Forest . Its eastern limit is the Eggegebirge . To the south are the Sauerland and the Waldeck Upland . The Paderborn Plateau is divided into four landscape regions: The Sintfeld in
10-516: Is a left tributary of the Lippe , into which it flows near Paderborn . The Alme defines the Alme Valley and flows through the towns Büren , Borchen and Paderborn. In July 1965 a devastating flood occurred, which became part of regional history as a once-in-a-hundred-years flooding and is remembered by locals as the "Heinrichsflut" (Henry's Day Flood). After heavy rainfalls from July 15 through to 17 (more than 135 L/m ), basements were flooded. In
15-547: Is to prevent or mitigate any damage that may be caused by further floods mainly by way of building detention basins . On August 22, 2007, the Alme river burst its banks around the town of Büren , after heavy rainfalls of some 70 L/m in the course of one night. In the village of Weine the flood level exceeded that of 1965. Even though the flood was less sweeping in effect than the "Heinrichsflut", schools in Büren had to finish early and send
20-682: The south, the Brenken Plateau in the west, the Bockfeld in the north and the Lichtenau Plateau (Soratfeld) in the east. 51°43′N 8°50′E / 51.717°N 8.833°E / 51.717; 8.833 This North Rhine-Westphalia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alme (river) The Alme is a 59-kilometre (37 mi) long river in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It
25-475: The village of Wewelsburg a bridge collapsed, an Army sapper unit had to be brought in for disaster relief. Streets turned into river beds, railway and bus traffic had to be stopped, 16 people died. As a consequence of the flood, which also took in the tributaries of the Alme and the Lippe river itself, the " Wasserverband Obere Lippe " (board for basin management of the upper Lippe river) was founded, one of whose aims
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