List of mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia explained

This list of the mountains and hills in North Rhine-Westphalia shows a selection of high or well-known mountains and hills in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (in order of height).

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian provinces

The following table gives the highest hill or point in the five provinces (Regierungsbezirke) of North Rhine-Westphalia.

By clicking on the word "List" in the "Lists" column you will be taken to a list of other hills in the respective region or hill range (some of which lie partly outside of North Rhine-Westphalia). The table is listed in order of height, but can be sorted by other columns by clicking on the symbol at the head.

Highest
summit

Height
(m)

Region/range

Lists
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Province

Langenberg

843.2

Arnsberg

Weißer Stein

693

Eifel (Zitterwald)

Cologne

Köterberg

495.8

Detmold

Brodtberg

378.9

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The highest point in the Province of Detmold is on the flank of the Totenkopf in the Sauerland near Bad Wünnenberg. The provincial boundary runs up to a height of .

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian regions

In the following table are the highest mountains and hills in the various North Rhine-Westphalian landscapes (regions or hill ranges).

In the "Landscape" column, major hill ranges are shown in bold and landscape units that have no significant local high point or are basins, whose (sometimes island-like) high points have some isolation, are shown in italics. Clicking "List" in the rows of the "List" column links to other hills or mountains in that landscape – some of which are outside of North Rhine-Westphalia. The table is arranged by height, but may be sorted by other criteria by clicking the symbol of the desired column.

Mountain / hill	Height (m)	Landscape	Lists <	--	HE -->
	843.2	Rothaar		-->	Hochsauerland (North Rhine-Westphalia) Waldeck-Frankenberg Hesse
	693	Eifel (Zitterwald)	List List	-->	Euskirchen
	688.5	Saalhauser Berge		-->	Hochsauerland, Olpe
	670.2	Brilon Heights		-->	Hochsauerland
Nordhelle Ebbegebirge	663.3	Ebbegebirge		-->	Märkischer Kreis
	658.3	Rur Eifel Part of the Eifel	--- List	-->	Städteregion Aachen
Homert Lennegebirge	656.1	Lennegebirge		-->	Hochsauerland
	610.3	Westerwald		-->	Siegen-Wittgenstein
	586.1	Ahr Hills Part of the Eifel	List List	-->	Euskirchen
	585.2	Hürtgen Forest Part of the Eifel	--- List	-->	Städteregion Aachen
unnamed summit	581.5	Arnsberg Forest		-->	Soest
unnamed summit	527.8	Kermeter Part of the Eifel	List List	-->	Euskirchen
Homert Oberbergischer Kreis	519.0	Bergisches Land	---	-->	Oberbergischer Kreis
	495.8	Weser Uplands		-->	Kreis Lippe (North Rhine-Westphalia), Kreis Höxter (North Rhine-Westphalia) Holzminden (Lower Saxony)
	468	Eggegebirge		-->	Kreis Paderborn
	460.1	Siebengebirge		-->	Rhein-Sieg
	456.2	Sintfeld		-->	Hochsauerland
	446.1	Teutoburg Forest		-->	Lippe
	441.0	Ruhrgebiet	---	-->	Ennepe-Ruhr
	390.6	Haarstrang	---	-->	Soest
	343.2	Warburg Börde	---	-->	Höxter (Warburg)
	319.6	Wiehen Hills		-->	Minden-Lübbecke
Sophienhöhe (Kippe am Tagebau Hambach)	301.8	Jülich-Zülpich Börde	---	-->	Düren
	282.8	Burgholz State Forest		-->	Solingen (kreisfreie Stadt) Wuppertal (independent city)
	273.8	Ardey Hills		-->	Ennepe-Ruhr
Glessener Höhe (spoil tip of a former open-cast mine)	209	Ville		-->	Rhein-Erft
Westerberg Baumberge (Westerather Berg)	187.6	Baumberge		-->	Coesfeld
	181.4	Stemweder Berg		-->	Minden-Lübbecke
	174.4	Beckum Hills		-->	Warendorf
	153.8	Haard		-->	Recklinghausen
	145.9	Hohe Mark		-->	Recklinghausen
	133.8	Reken Hills		-->	Coesfeld, Borken
	133.3	Borkenberge		-->	Recklinghausen
	107.4	Die Berge		-->	Borken