Köterberg

Köterberg
Köterberg, north side
Highest point
Elevation	495.8 m above sea level (NN) (1,627 ft)
Coordinates	51°51′20″N 9°19′30″E / 51.85556°N 9.325°E / 51.85556; 9.325
Geography
Köterberg North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony,  Germany
Parent range	Lippe Uplands

The Köterberg, at 495.8 m (1,627 ft) above

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Geography

The Köterberg is located in the centre of the Weser Uplands, towering high above the surrounding land northwest of the town of Höxter and south-southeast of Lügde within whose municipal area its summit lies.

Its peak and much of the crest lie within North Rhine-Westphalia. Only a very narrow tongue of land belongs to Lower Saxony, albeit reaching to the summit with its lower reaches lying mainly within the valley of a stream. At the western end of this strip of land the districts of

meet at the summit.

In the German Main Triangulation Network (Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz or DHDN) the Köterberg is a major triangulation station with the name Lügde, Köterberg. The area of the summit is only wooded to the north which is why the hill is easy to recognise from afar and offers good views (see below).

Geology

The Köterberg is part of the Lippe Uplands a region whose basis is formed by Mesozoic strata of Muschelkalk and Keuper. The hills itself is built on sandstones and marls of the Upper Keuper.

History

The Köterberg was already being mentioned in Lippe's boundary deeds in the 16th century. The

surveys.

In 1831/32 the first solid structure appeared on the highest point of the hill: a 15½-foot (4.9 m) high tower as a category 1 triangulation mark. The Köterberg was a station in the

has stood on the summit.

Today the Köterberg is sometimes referred to jokingly as Monte Wauwau.^[1] Both "Köter" ("mutt") and "Wauwau" ("bow-wow") are vernacular terms for a dog.

Telecommunication tower

The

traffic.

The three different antenna towers on the hilltop are

communications. The 70 cm amateur radio relay station, DB0KB, works on a frequency of 439.425 MHz.

The relay coupling (Relaiskopplung) is out of service.

The U.S. Army Communications Engineering and Installation Agency (USACEIA) installed a transmission and radio facility here from May 1984 to May 1985.

Field of view

Because the extensive summit plateau on the Köterberg, which can be accessed via a cul-de-sac road from Lügde-Köterberg, is almost unforested, it has easily the best all-round views, not just of the border region of the above-mentioned federal states, but for example even as far as the

.

The landmarks that can be seen include:

• Biesterfeld to the northwest
• Desenberg near Warburg
• the
  Harz mountains including the Brocken
• Holzminden
• the Kaufungen Forest
• Höxter
• the High Habichtswald including the Hercules monument
• the
  Eggegebirge including the Externsteine
• the Teutoburg Forest including the Hermannsdenkmal

As a result of the good views and especially its open isolated location, in both respects similar to the Brocken in the Harz, the Köterberg gives the impression of being the highest point in the Weser Uplands, although the Solling is actually higher in four places (Große Blöße, Großer Ahrensberg, Moosberg and Vogelherd). The hills of the Solling are however all heavily wooded, very nondescript and, from a distance, indistinguishable. The Köterberg is therefore known as the "Brocken of the Weser Uplands".

Tourism

In the summer months many

use the peak because of it is an excellent site for transmission and reception. In the Köterberghaus is a restaurant.

References

External links

• Homepage of the DB0KB
• Köterberg homepage
• DB0WAS amateur radio relay on the Wasserkuppe