Damme Hills

Coordinates: 52°33′10″N 8°12′57″E / 52.552806°N 8.2157361°E / 52.552806; 8.2157361
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Damme Hills
Dammer Berge
transmitter mast and "Damme Bergsee" (background)
Highest point
PeakSignalberg
Elevation146 m above NHN
Geography
Statenear
End moraine of the Saale glaciation
View from the observation tower on the Mordkuhlenberg to the Dümmer

The Damme Hills are a high, wooded

Vechta, in western Lower Saxony, Germany
.

Geography

Location

The ridge of the Damme Hills, which is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long and only a few kilometers wide, lies on the southern edge of the

Hase
runs in the same direction.

The Damme Hills lie in the southwestern part of the Oldenburg Münsterland, which is why the local Signal Hill (

North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park and to the west on the other side of the Hase valley are the Ankum Heights
.

Watersheds

The Damme Hills lie on the Weser-Ems watershed: All streams and rivers that run eastwards from the ridge, flow via the

Hase into the Ems
.

Geology

The Damme Hills are part of a series of

Kellenberg and the Brelinger Berg also belong to this push moraine, also called the Rehburg Phase, which can be dated to about 230,000 years ago. The Rehburg Hills by the lake of the Steinhuder Meer
, are not, however, part of the moraine.

Together with their almost symmetrical counterpart, the Ankum Heights, the Damme Hills display the most marked glacial lobes of this push moraine. It filled the lowland bay of the Artland. Iron ore is found deep under the hills.

Landscape scenery

In the gently curved ridge of the Damme Hills the wooded rolling hills and valleys alternate with

pastureland e. g. paddock
). There are numerous paths for cyclists and hikers to enjoy the natural environment.

The lake known as the Damme Bergsee, roughly 25 ha in area, provides a refuge for rare animals and plants, which are described by means of a

crossbill and pied flycatcher. In 1974 even rollers bred in this wooded area, but were later shot by a farmer. Three of Germany's largest native beetles live here: the stag beetle, rhinoceros beetle and cockchafer
.

Places of interest

Steigenberg observation tower

Amongst the places of interest in the Damme Hills, aside from the woods themselves, are the

nature trail
on the Damme Bergsee gives information about animals and

Hills

The highest elevations of the Damme Hills are (sorted by height in metres above sea level, NN, mainly based on [1]):

  • Steinfeld
  • Mordkuhlenberg (142 m; with observation tower) − between Damme and Steinfeld
  • Kattenberg (125.7 m) − west of Damme
  • Spröckelnberg (121 m) − west of Damme
  • Kreuzberg (117 m) − west of Damme
  • Wellenberg (116.3 m) − west of Damme
  • Hülseberg (116 m) − west of Damme
  • Bökenberg (114 m) − southeast of Steinfeld
  • Steigenberg (107.1 m; with observation tower) − east of Neuenkirchen
  • Osterberg (97.2 m) − south of Langenberg
  • Voßkuhlenberg (88 m) − west of Damme-Haverbeck
  • Steinberg (85.2 m) − southwest of Damme-Haverbeck

Waterbodies

The

waterbodies
of the Damme Hills include:
Lakes

  • Damme Bergsee (25 ha; in the centre of the ridge)

Rivers

  • Hunte (passes the ridge to the east, western tributary of the Weser)
  • Hase (passes the ridge to the west, eastern tributary of the Ems
    )

Towers

There are

telecommunication tower
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Lower Saxony-Navigator − Lower Saxony State Survey and Geobasis Information". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

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