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Egge (Lower Saxon Hills)

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Egge Hills
(Eggegebirge)
View from the Egge Tower on the Velmerstot looking south over the crest of the Egge Hills
Highest point
PeakPreußische Velmerstot
Elevation468 m (1,535 ft)
Dimensions
Length50 km (31 mi)
Geography
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CountryGermany
RegionHöxter, Paderborn, Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia
Parent rangeTeutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park

The Egge Hills (German: Eggegebirge), or just the Egge (die Egge) is a range of forested hills, up to 464 m above sea level (NN),[1] in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Geography

The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest range near Horn-Bad Meinberg southwards to the northern parts of the Sauerland near Marsberg. Its highest point is the Preußischer Velmerstot at an altitude of 468m.

It also constitutes part of the watershed between the rivers Rhine and Weser.

References

Media related to Egge Hills at Wikimedia Commons