The Egge Mountains located in North Rhine-Westphalia. The wooded low mountain range limits this Münsterland to the east. The well-known Externsteine are located in the mountains.
Regions
- The herdsman - is located north of Paderborn; Military training area, therefore only partially accessible.
- Paderborn plateau - is located south of Paderborn
- Main ridge of the Egge Mountains with the Prussian Velmerstot. At 468 m, the mountain is the highest point in the mountains.
- Oberwälder Land - Hill country, which lies east of the main ridge of the Egge and creates the transition to the Weserbergland.
places
- Altenbeken - Railway junction in the mountains, well suited as a starting point for cycling and hiking tours in the region
- Bad Driburg - Spa town on the eastern edge of the main ridge
- Horn-Bad Meinberg with the well-known external stones
- Bad Lippspringe
- Detmold - is not far from the northern end of the mountain, the Hermmann monument is well known here
- Paderborn - Cathedral city on the western edge of the mountains
- Will bath food - Resort on the eastern edge of the mountains
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getting there
A long-distance train station in the Egge Mountains is Altenbeken. At the edges of the ridge are Warburg (Westf) on the east side and Paderborn on the west side.
RE 11 Ruhrgebiet – Paderborn – Altenbeken – Warburg (stops in Willebadessen), RE 17 Hagen – Warburg – Kassel (stops in Scherfede, Westheim), RE 82 Bielefeld – Detmold – Altenbeken (stops in Horn-Bad Meinberg), RB 72 Herford – Detmold – Altenbeken – Paderborn (stops in Horn-Bad Meinberg, Leopoldstal, Sandebeck), RB 84/85 Paderborn – Altenbeken – Holzminden or –Göttingen (stops in Bad Driburg) and RB 89 Münster – Hamm – Paderborn – Altenbeken – Warburg (stops in Willebadessen).
The A 44 Dortmund – Kassel motorway runs along the southern edge of the Eggegebirge (Diemelstadt and Marsberg junctions). The federal road B 1 Paderborn – Hameln leads to the northern end, in the middle it is cut by the B 64 Paderborn – Höxter.
mobility
The course of the ridge is followed by regional train lines 72 from Horn-Bad Meinberg to Altenbeken and RE 11 / RB 89 from Altenbeken via Willebadessen to Warburg. There are also regional bus routes operated by the company go.on.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Prussian Velmerstot with the harrow tower. Highest mountain in the range (468 m) with a lookout tower. Also worth seeing is the Lippe Velmerstot with its rocky summit and memorial stone (located about 2 km north of the Eggeturm).
- Externsteine at the northern end of the mountains
- Altenbeken Viaduct in Altenbeken. The 482 m long and 35 m high viaduct is the largest sand-lime brick bridge in Europe. The bridge was opened to traffic on July 21, 1853 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. The building was destroyed twice during World War II.
- 1 Game reserve at Willebadessen
- 2 Lookout tower "Bierbaums Nagel" near Borlinghausen - The tower stands at a height of 431 m on the main ridge of the Egge Mountains. The structure is accessible from Borlinghausen via gravel roads (approx. 3.5 km one way). The tower is freely accessible. On the first floor in the tower you can rest on two benches protected from the rain. Unfortunately, the benches have no backs. Outside in front of the tower are two wooden tables, each with two benches (with armrests). The Eggeweg leads almost directly past the tower (detour of 200 m).
- 3 Teutonia cliffs 1-2 km north of Bierbaums Nagel on the Eggehauptkamm. The "Klippenweg" hiking trail opens up this small natural attraction
- 2 1000 year old oak near Borlinghausen - the gnarled tree with a trunk circumference of 11 meters stands approx. 1 km east of the village. The path is signposted from the center of the village.
- 3 Hardehausen monastery with bison enclosure - For information about the monastery, see Wikipedia article Hardehausen Monastery. There is one at the bison enclosure 4 Observation tower with a view of the enclosure.
activities
- hike - for example on the Eggeweg, the 72 km long ridge path of the mountains (info).
- Cycling
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Web links
- Eggegebirge Nature Park and southern Teutoburg Forest
- Teutoburg Forest Tourism e. V. - also responsible for the Egge Mountains
