Ahr Hills

Ahr Hills
*Ahrgebirge* or *Ahreifel*
Ahr Hills; Ahrgebirge or Ahreifel
	View from the Krausberg Tower near Dernau of the Hochthürmerberg,; Hasenberg and (rear) the Michelsberg
Highest point
Peak	Aremberg
Elevation	623.8 m (2,047 ft)
Dimensions
Length	25 km (16 mi)
Geography
	The Eifel, etc, with the Ahr Hills (upper centre)
State	North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Range coordinates	50°30′N 6°52′E / 50.500°N 6.867°E
Parent range	Eifel

The Ahr Hills^[1] (German: Ahrgebirge [ˈaːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] or Ahreifel [ˈaːɐ̯ˌʔaɪfl̩]) are a range of low mountains and hills up to 623.8 m above sea level (NHN)^[2] and 25 kilometres (16 mi) long in the Eifel region of Germany, which lie roughly southwest of Bonn on the border between the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.

The forested Ahr Hills have numerous tourist destinations (e. g.

Roman road with its ancient Eifel Aqueduct

.

Geography

Location

The Ahr Hills are part of the

Blankenheim to the west and Bad Münstereifel and Rheinbach

to the north.

To the north the terrain of the Ahr Hills descends into the

Cologne Bay, to the east it drops down to the Voreifel and the valley of the Middle Rhine, to the south on the far side of the Ahr is the Eifel proper (up to 747 m), to the west the Zitter Forest and in the northwest the North Eifel

.

Hills

The summits of the Ahr Hills include the:

Aremberg (623.8 m),^[2] with Aremberg Castle - near Aremberg

Michelsberg (586.1 m)^[3] near Mahlberg
Junkerberg (543.4 m)^[3] - near Reetz
Knippberg (537.3 m)^[3] – between Rodert and Scheuerheck
Hühnerberg (Lommersdorf) (533.5 m)^[3] – near Lommersdorf
Sommerberg (c. 527 m)^[3] – between Reetz and Rohr
Kalvarienberg (Alendorf) (522.8 m)^[3] – near Alendorf

Kopnück (514.4 m)^[3] – near Kop Nück
Hochthürmerberg (499.9 m)^[3] – near Lanzerath
Hühnerberg (Kirchsahr) (c. 398 m)^[3] – near Kirchsahr
Tomberg (308.5 m)^Wormersdorf

Streams

The Ahr Hills is crossed by the following streams, some of which have their sources here:

Blankenheim
)
Erft (source on the western edge)
Liersbach,
Sahrbach,
Steinbach
Kalenborn)
.

In July 2021 the area was hit by severe rainfall and subsequent heavy flooding.

Places

The following towns and villages border the Ahr Hills:

Rheinbach (north)
Meckenheim
(northeast)
Remagen (east)
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (south)
Antweiler (south)
Blankenheim
(west)
Bad Münstereifel (northwest)

Other places in the Ahr Hills include:

Tourism

The Große Eifelroute ("Great Eifel Route"), a tourist route, runs through the Ahr Hills. There are also numerous footpaths for walkers. Amongst its places of interest are

vineyards through which one may walk on the Red Wine Trail

(Rotweinwanderweg).

References

^ Elkins, T.H. (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. ASIN B0011Z9KJA.
^ ^a ^b Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Topographic Information Management, Cologne - NRW GEObasis Division (info)

[1] Elkins, T.H. (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. ASIN B0011Z9KJA.

[DE-RP_LANDIS-Karte-2] Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)

[DE-NW_TIM-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Topographic Information Management, Cologne - NRW GEObasis Division (info)

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