Stemweder Berg
The Stemweder Berg (also known as the Stemmer Berge)Because it has several rounded summits, it should really be called the ''Stemweder Berge'' i.e. "Stemwede Hills". is a ridge above sea levelHeight according tDeutsche Grundkarte auf geoserver.nr ...
, the smallest and northernmost range of the Central Uplands in
Germany
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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. To the west-northwest is its neighbour, the Scharfer Berg, which is almost as high.
Origin of the name
The name of the hill comprises two parts: ''Kollwess'' and ''höh''. The first stems from the fact that the land on which the hill lies used to belong to the Kohlwes family in Wehdem. The second part is related to ''Höhe'', the German word for "height". As a result of transcription errors between maps in the 19th century there were various versions of the name, but eventually the name ''Kollwesshöh'' was settled on.
Location
The Kollwesshöh is part of the Stemweder Berg which in turn lies within the Dümmer Nature Park. It is also north of Westrup, a parish in the southern part of the municipality of
Stemwede
Stemwede is a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Following a recent regional reorganization, in 1973, the former
districts of Dielingen-Wehdem and Levern were consolidated and the district of "Stemwe ...
.
The Kollwesshöh may be accessed, for example, from Westrup by taking forest tracks heading northwest that link it with the Scharfer Berg.
History
Just under 1 kilometre north of the Kollwesshöh on the White Way (''Weißer Weg'') is a
Bronze Age
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tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones buil ...