Venn Foreland

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View of the Venn Foreland near Kornelimünster. On the horizon: Walheim

The Venn Foreland (

Inde forms its boundary with the High Fens. The region is hilly with an average height of 200 metres and rising to just over 350 metres above sea level. Its highest point is the Brandenberg in the Aachen Forest at 355.4 m above sea level (NHN).[1]

Natural regions

The Venn Foreland consists of the following natural regions:[2][3]

  • 56 Venn Foreland (Vennvorland)
    • 560 Venn Foothills (Vennfußfläche)
      • 560.0 Kornelimünster Venn Foreland (Kornelimünsterer Vennvorland)
    • 561 Aachen Hills (Aachener Hügelland)
      • 561.0 Stolberg Valley (Stolberger Talung)
      • 561.1 Aachen Bowl (Aachener Kessel)
      • 561.2 Aachen Forest (Aachener Wald)
      • 561.3 Vaals Hills (Vaalser Hügelland)

References

  1. ^ Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
  2. Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands
    – Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen/Bad Godesberg, 1953–1962 (9 issues in 8 books, updated map at 1:1,000,000 scale with major units, 1960)
  3. ^ Online map of the major unit groups with list of the major units