The Egge Hills ( German : Eggegebirge , German pronunciation ), or just the Egge ( die Egge ) is a range of forested hills, up to 464 m above sea level (NN) , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
3-697: The Velmerstot is the northernmost and highest hill in the Eggegebirge ridge in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . It has two summits, the Prussian Velmerstot ( Preußische Velmerstot ) (468 m), which lies on the territory of Steinheim-Sandebeck in the county of Höxter , and the Lippe Velmerstot ( Lippische Velmerstot ) ( 51°50′26″N 8°37′16″E / 51.84056°N 8.62111°E / 51.84056; 8.62111 , 441 m), which
6-529: Is located in the county of Lippe . The whole hill is part of the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park . During the Cold War, the hill had a NATO and Dutch air defence installations; they left by 1994 and the installations were torn down in 2002/03. Eggegebirge The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest range near Horn-Bad Meinberg and Steinheim, Westphalia southwards to
9-640: The northern parts of the Sauerland near Marsberg . Its highest point is the Preußischer Velmerstot at an altitude of 468m. It is part of the Lower Saxon Hills and one of the two main lines of hills within the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park . It also constitutes part of the watershed between the rivers Rhine and Weser . [REDACTED] Media related to Egge Hills at Wikimedia Commons This North Rhine-Westphalia location article
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