''Dören'' (or ''Döhren'', singular: ''Döre'') is the name given to passes through a range of hills in the
Low German language
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area, especially
Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Ostwestfalen-Lippe (, literally ''East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe'', abbreviation OWL) is the eastern region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, congruent with the administrative region of Detmold and containing the eastern part of Westph ...
. The origin of the term goes back to the Low German word ''Dör'' ("door"). ''Dören'' thus separate two
hill ridge
A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...
s, which in East Westphalia (''Ostwestfalen'') are often known as ''Eggen''. A typical ''Döre'' is the Wallücke. The Dören Gorge between Pivitsheide V. L. and
Augustdorf
Augustdorf is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 42.18 km² and about 10,100 inhabitants (2020).
History
In 1775 Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
Simon August, Count of Lippe (12 ...
in the
Teutoburg Forest
The Teutoburg Forest ( ; german: Teutoburger Wald ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed th ...
also bears this name.
Smaller, wet or stream-filled
V-shaped valley
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s, through which no pass leads, are known as '' Siepen'' or ''Siefen'' in Low German as well as in the
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...
dialect area, for example, in the
Süder Uplands
The Süder UplandsSiek'' from the East Westphalian-Lippe area means a wet 'box valley' (''Kastental'', a valley with wide bottom flanked by steep rock faces), that has arisen through ''
Plaggen Plaggen soil or plaggic anthrosol is a type of soil created in parts of northwest Europe in the Middle Ages, as a result of so-called "plaggen" agriculture on marginal podzol soils.
In order to fertilize the fields, pieces of heath or grass includ ...
'' extraction (a form of peat cutting) and
ash
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cultivation.
Places with the name
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Dörentrup
Dörentrup is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 49.79 km² and c. 8,000 inhabitants (2013).
The name is derived from the Low German word for hill passes, '' Dören''.
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, village in the county of Lippe
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Dörenberg
The Dörenberg is a hill, , in the Teutoburg Forest in the district of Osnabrück, in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Origin of the name
Dören could be derived, especially in the area of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, from ''Dör'', the Low German wo ...
(331.2 m), hill in the county of Osnabrück
* Dörenberg (Lippe Uplands) (392.5 m), hill between Dörentrup and Extertal
Doren
Doren is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Geography
The municipality of Doren is located in the northwest of the Bregenz Forest. It lies about two-thirds on the south side of the Sulzbergst ...