Velmerstot

Velmerstot is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Velmerstot
Velmerstot
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Parent rangeEggegebirge

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 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.

References

  1. ^ Isolation and prominence by TK 25; wind gap at about 348 m.

Literature

  • Hans-Martin Wienke: Silbermühle, Velmerstot und die Höhlen des Teutoburger Waldes. Schnelle, Detmold, o.J. (1982?)

External links

  • Nature reserve of Lippischer Velmerstot and Egge-Osthang, Natura2000 entry
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