Egge (Lower Saxon Hills) Explained

Egge Hills
(Eggegebirge)
Country:Germany
Region:Höxter, Paderborn, Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia
Parent:Lower Saxon Hills
Highest:Preußische Velmerstot
Length Km:50
Range Coordinates:51.7333°N 8.9667°W

The Egge Hills (German: Eggegebirge,), or just the Egge (die Egge) is a range of forested hills, up to, in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Geography

The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest range near Horn-Bad Meinberg and Steinheim, Westphalia southwards to the northern parts of the Sauerland near Marsberg. Its highest point is the Preußischer Velmerstot at an altitude of 468m. It is part of the Lower Saxon Hills and one of the two main lines of hills within the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park.

It also constitutes part of the watershed between the rivers Rhine and Weser.