Hüggel

Ridge in the Lower Saxon district of Osnabrück in central Germany
Hüggel is located in Lower Saxony
Hüggel
Hüggel
Hasbergen, Lower Saxony, Germany
(Part of the Ibbenbüren Coalfield and Osnabrück Uplands)

The Hüggel is a ridge, up to 225.6 m above sea level (NN),[1] about 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide, near Hasbergen in the Lower Saxon district of Osnabrück in central Germany. It is the highest point of the Osnabrück Uplands. This Upper Carboniferous outcrop is part of the Ibbenbüren Coalfield.

Hills

Amongst the elevations in the Hüggel and its foothills − sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN)[1] - are the:

  • Hüggel (225.6 m)
  • Kleiner Hüggel (ca. 200 m)
  • Heidhornberg (180.2 m)
  • Silberberg (179.8 m)
  • Jägerberg (176.0 m)
  • Heidberg (165.1 m)
  • Domprobst Sundern (157.6 m)
  • Bükersberg (152.6 m)
  • Martiniberg (125.1 m)
  • Ortenbrick (120.5 m)
  • Steinbrink (118.0 m)
  • Roter Berg (108.0 m)

References

  1. ^ a b Kartendienste Archived December 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine des BfN
  • Photos of surviving galleries in the Hüggel Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  • Caves on the Hüggel: created by the mining industry or naturally formed?[permanent dead link]