Hütten Hills
The Hütten Hills (German: Hüttener Berge, Danish: Hytten Bjerge) are an area of upland, up to 105.8 m above sea level (NHN),[1] roughly west of the town of Eckernförde in the county of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. They lie within the Hütten Hills Nature Park.
Geography
Location
The Hütten Hills − part of the
Hütten Hills Nature Park
The boundaries of the
The nature park covers the following municipalities (most of which belong to the Amt of
.The lakes of the nature park are the:
The
Hills and landscape
The highest point of the Hütten Hills is the Scheelsberg near Ascheffel. On the nearby
Amongst the hills in the Hütten range are the following – with their heights in metres (m) above sea level (NHN)[1]:
- Scheelsberg (105.8 m), west of Ascheffel
- eine Erhebung (105.1 m), northwest of Ascheffel
- Aschberg (97.7 m), south of Ascheffel
- Heidberg (also called the Heideberg; 99.1 m), west-southwest of Ascheffel
- Brekenberg (90.0 m), northeast of Brekendorf
- Immenberg (82.0 m), east-southeast of Brekendorf
- Arnsberg (80.1 m), east of Brekendorf
- Tütenberg (74.6 m), southwest of Hummelfeld-Fellhorst
The Hütten Hills are the northernmost hill range with elevations over 100 metres in Germany. They are, however, lower than the highest points of Holstein Switzerland (highest point: the Bungsberg, 167.4 m) between Kiel and Lübeck.
Climate
A feature of the Hütten Hills is its very variable microclimate. Whilst the western side near Owschlag has averaged annual temperatures of 9.3 °C (1997–2005), the village of Ascheffel on the eastern side has an average temperature of 9.8 °C. This is due to the gently elevated and relatively sheltered location of this settlement. In addition on the western side of the hills the average annual precipitation is around 930 mm (L/m2) which is much higher than in the east, where it is only 660 mm.
See also
References
- ^ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
External links
- Naturpark Hüttener Berge, auf naturpark-huettenerberge.de
- Amt Hüttener Berge, auf amt-huettener-berge.de
- Panorama über die Hüttener Berge vom Aschberg (mit zuschaltbarer Beschriftung von Sichtzielen), auf panorama-photo.net