The Kniebrink, at , is the third highest mountain in the northern German
Wiehen Hills
The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxon ...
. Its immediate summit belongs administratively to the village of Oberbauerschaft in the municipality of
Hüllhorst
Hüllhorst is a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Hüllhorst is situated on the south side of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 5 km south-east of Lübbecke and 20 km west of Minden.
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. However, its boundary with the town of
Lübbecke
Lübbecke (; wep, Lübke) is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills (''Wiehengebirge'') and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is part of district ...
runs just north of the summit, so that its northern slopes belong to Lübbecke.
The Kniebrink is just 3 metres lower than the more northerly
Wurzelbrink, which obscures it from view in Lübbecke. The hill is largely trackless. In spring 2007 its trees suffered major storm damage. The top can be reaches from Lübbecke in under 45 minutes. From the south you need about 20 minutes for the short but steep climb.
Gallery
File:Aufstieg Wurzelbrink Falk Oberdorf.jpg, The Kniebrink lies immediately south of the Wurzelbrink
File:Falk Oberdorf Kniebrink 4.png, On the treeless summit region, this hillock, the actual peak, is easy to make out
File:Falk Oberdorf Kniebrink 5.JPG, On the summit area, deforested by the storm, there are now clumps of foxglove
''Digitalis'' ( or ) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves.
''Digitalis'' is native to Europe, western Asia, and northwestern Africa. The flowers are tubular in shap ...
File:Falk Oberdorf Kniebrink1.JPG, This path leads to the top
File:Falk Oberdorf Wurzelbrink physisch.jpg, Like the neighbouring Wurzelbrink, the Kniebrink is also over 300m high
External links
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Minden-Lübbecke
Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia
Lübbecke