This list of the mountains and hills in North Rhine-Westphalia shows a selection of high or well-known

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s and

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s in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

(''in order of height'').

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian provinces

The following table gives the highest hill or point in the five provinces (''Regierungsbezirke'') of North Rhine-Westphalia. By clicking on the word "List" in the "Lists" column you will be taken to a list of other hills in the respective region or hill range (some of which lie partly outside of North Rhine-Westphalia}. The table is listed in order of height, but can be sorted by other columns by clicking on the symbol at the head. *The highest point in the Province of Detmold is on the flank of the

Totenkopf ''Totenkopf'' (, i.e. ''skull'', literally "dead person's head") is the German word for the skull and crossbones symbol. The "skull and crossbones" symbol is an old international symbol for death, the defiance of death, danger, or the dead, as ...

in the Sauerland near

Bad Wünnenberg Bad Wünnenberg is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Aabach, approximately 20 km south of Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is ...

. The provincial boundary runs up to a height of .

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian regions

In the following table are the highest mountains and hills in the various North Rhine-Westphalian landscapes (regions or hill ranges). In the "Landscape" column, major hill ranges are shown in bold and landscape units that have no significant local high point or are basins, whose (sometimes island-like) high points have some isolation, are shown in ''italics''. Clicking "List" in the rows of the "List" column links to other hills or mountains in that landscape – some of which are outside of North Rhine-Westphalia. The table is arranged by height, but may be sorted by other criteria by clicking the symbol of the desired column. LangenbergBlickWinter

List of mountains and hills

Name, Height in metres above NN, Location (

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); three "???" means unknown or not researched; please complete! # Langenberg (843.2 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district,

Rothaar The Rothaar Mountains (german: Rothaargebirge, , also ''Rotlagergebirge''), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany. It is believed that its name must once have been ...

Kahler Asten Kahler may refer to: Places *Kahler, Luxembourg, a small town in the commune of Garnich *Kahler Asten, a German mountain range Other uses *Kahler (surname) *Kahler's disease, a cancer otherwise known as ''multiple myeloma'' *Kahler Tremolo System, ...

(841.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Clemensberg (839.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar #

Hopperkopf Hopperkopf is a mountain of Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the ...

(832.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar # Hunau (817.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Ziegenhelle (815.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Wallershöhe (812 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar #

Bremberg Bremberg is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ...

(809 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Hoher Eimberg (806.1 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district # Hoppernkopf (805.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar # Hillekopf (804.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Heikersköpfchen (792.4 m), Hochsauerland district # Reetsberg (792.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Öhrenstein (792.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Nordhelle (Rothaar) (between 790 and 799 m), Mark district, Rothaar # Schlossberg (790.0 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Auf dem Sternrodt (789.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Sange (788.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Krutenberg (785.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar # Junge Grimme (782 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Dreiskopf (781 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district # Kahle Pön (775.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar # Albrechtsberg (768 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Rimberg (Winterberg) (764.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Bollerberg (757 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Härdler (756 m), Olpe district, Rothaar # Poppenberg (746 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Bastenberg (744.8 m), Hochsauerland district,

Sauerland The Sauerland () is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited. The Sauerland is the largest tourist region in ...

# Kalied (744.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Zwistberg (744 m), Hochsauerland district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Hohe Hessel (743 m), Olpe district, Rothaar # Auf'm Knoll (738 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar # Großer Kopf (740 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Herrloh (733 m), Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rothaar # Stüppel (732 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Sperrenberg (725 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Istenberg (721 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Heidkopf (Olsberg) (715.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Saukopf (715 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Rimberg (Schmallenberg) (713 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar #

Kahlenberg The Kahlenberg () is a mountain () located in the 19th District of Vienna, Austria (Döbling). General The Kahlenberg lies in the Vienna Woods and is one of the most popular destinations for day-trips from Vienna, offering a view over the entire ...

(712 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar #

Kahleberg Kahleberg (''Bald Mountain'') is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. History Kahleberg is located 2 kilometres south-west of the mining town Altenberg, which is on the border of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simpl ...

(711 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Heidkopf (Hallenberg) (703.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Olsberg (703.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Beieck (695 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Kompass (Rothaar) (693.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Weißer Stein (692 m / 689 m on the North Rhine-Westphalian side), Euskirchen district,

Zitter Forest The Zitter Forest (german: Zitterwald) is located in the Eifel region in the German district of Euskirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia) and in the Belgian province of Liège (Wallonia). Its highest point is . The Zitter Forest lies in the North Eifel ...

/North Eifel # Ebschloh (686.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Westerberg (684.6 m), Olpe district, Rothaar # Riemen (678 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Jagdberg (Netphen) (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Oberste Henn (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Milfen (670 m), ??? district, Rothaar # Milsenberg (670 m), Olpe district, Rothaar # Borberg (669 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen # Nordhelle (Ebbegebirge) (663.3 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge # Kleine Bamicke (659.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Steling (658 m), Aachen district,

Rur Eifel The Rur Eifel (german: Rureifel) lies in the district of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is a local recreation area from the regions of Cologne, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach and Bonn. Its name comes from t ...

# Wilzenberg (658), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar #

Homert Homert is a German placename and may refer to the following places or geographical features in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: ;Place * Homert (Lüdenscheid), a village named after the peak in the Ebbe Mountains in the municipality of Lüdens ...

(1) (656 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands # Hoher Wald (655 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Giller (653.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Schurenstein (650 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Ederkopf (649 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Schomberg (648 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands # Rehberg (646 m), Olpe district, Ebbegebirge # Aukopf (644.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar #

Stein Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to: Places In Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Aust ...

(644 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar #

Rammelsberg The Rammelsberg is a mountain, high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony. The mountain is the location of an important silver, copper, and lead mine, the only min ...

(), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Jagdberg (Erndtebrück) (634.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Homberg (630 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Röhrenspring (629 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Hölzenberg (626 m), ??? district, Rothaar # Lahnkopf (624.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Bilstein (620 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights # Kindelsberg (617.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Nenkersberg (610 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Westerwald # Eisenberg (606 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights # Kuhelle (603 m), Olpe district, Rothaar # Rothenstein (600 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge # Iberg (596 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Die Burg, (591 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar / Westerwald # Michelsberg (588 m), Euskirchen district,

Ahr Hills The Ahr HillsElkins, T.H. (1972). ''Germany'' (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. . (german: Ahrgebirge or ''Ahreifel'' ) are a range of low mountains and hills up to and long in the Eifel region of Germany, which lie roughly southwest of ...

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

# Hohe Bracht (587.9 m), Olpe district # Unnamed peak (581.5 m), near Meschede-Eversbergs, Soest district,

Arnsberg Forest The Arnsberg Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Arnsberger Wald) is a nature park in the districts of Hochsauerlandkreis and Soest within the administrictive region of Arnsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was est ...

# Wilde Wiese (580 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar # Kalteiche (579.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar # Weiße Frau (572 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights # Donnerhain (560 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Unnamed peak (559.5 m), near Brilon-Esshofs, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Unnamed peak near the Meschede TV tower (557.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Warsteiner Kopf (556.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Der Griesing (555 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge # Gemeinheitskopf (551.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Tiefenrother Höhe (551 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Unnamed peak (550.8 m), near Meschede and the "B 55", Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Niekopf (550.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Ebberg (546.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

Balve Balve is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in ''Hönnetal'', a narrow valley created by the river Hönne, which is near the Sorpe Dam, formerly part of Balve, and at the north end of the Sauer ...

Forest (545.9 m), Mark district,

# Ensterknick (543.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Nuttlar Heights (''Nuttlarer Höhe'') (542.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Stimm Stamm (541.1 m), Passhöhe, Soest district and Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

(2) (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge # Kahler Kopf (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge # Knippberg (537 m), ??? district, Ahr Hills, Eifel # Heimberg (536 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen # Sengenberg (530.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Bornstein (529 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland # Walkersdorfer Berg (526 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Wildbretshügel (525 m), Euskirchen district/ Düren district,

Kermeter The Kermeter is an upland region, up to , which is part of the Rureifel within the North Eifel in the districts of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The Kermeter ridge is ...

# Wehberg (525 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Liverhagen (522.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Moosberg (522.0 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Voßstein (521.1 m; nordöstlicher Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Hornscheid (519.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Voßstein (519.7 m; mittlerer Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

(3) (519 m), Upper Berg district,

Bergisches Land The Bergisches Land (, ''Berg Country'') is a low mountain range region within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over ...

# Silberkuhle (515 m), Upper Berg district,

# Greverhagen (514.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Kopnück (514 m), Euskirchen district,

# Bautenberg (512.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Voßstein (512.3 m; southwestern peak), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Brandenberg (509.3 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Unnenberg (506 m), Marienheide, Upper Berg district,

# Heinberg (504.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Neuer Berg (504.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Wennemer Höhe (503.3 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

(502.6 m), Hochsauerland district, near Marsberg # Kohlberg (502 m), Mark district # Kopf (500.8 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Blumenkopf (500.7 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Schaaken (500 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen # Pfannenberg (499.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Suhrenberg (498.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

Köterberg The Köterberg, at above sea level, is the highest hill in the Lippe Uplands and lies on the state border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in North Germany. On its northern slopes is the village of Köterberg. Geography The K ...

(496 m; ''Monte Wau-Wau''), Lippe district, Weser Uplands, border of North Rhine-Westphalia and

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

# Schälhorn (493 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights # Kahlenbergsköpfe (485.7 m southern peak), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Schellberg (472 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights # Wildenberg (468.7 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Preußischer Velmerstot (468 m), Paderborn district,

Eggegebirge The Egge Hills (german: Eggegebirge, ), or just the Egge (''die Egge'') is a range of forested hills, up to , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest ra ...

# Kahlenbergsköpfe (466.9 m mittlerer Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Tüppel (461 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

Großer Ölberg The Großer Ölberg (also: ''Oelberg''), at 460 metres above sea level, is the highest hill in the Siebengebirge range in Germany. It is located in the borough of Königswinter near the village of Ittenbach and south of a subpeak known as the ''K ...

(460 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge # Löwenburg (455 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge # Schiffenberg (452.6 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Hoheloh (451 m), ??? district, Sindfeld # Kahlenbergsköpfe (447.5 m nördlicher Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park #

Barnacken At the Barnacken is the highest hill in the Teutoburg Forest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The Barnacken is located about 3 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Horn-Bad Meinberg#Horn, Horn, part of the town of H ...

(446 m), Lippe district,

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 ...

# Elkersberg (443.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Kleine Rausche (443.1 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Wengeberg (442 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district,

Breckerfeld Breckerfeld is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, (Germany). It is located in the southeasternmost part of the Ruhr area in northern Sauerland. The town is a member of Regionalverband Ruhr (association). Geog ...

, highest elevation in the Ruhr # Hausheide (441 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg # Lippischer Velmerstot (441 m), Lippe district, Eggegebirge # Große Rausche (436.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Lohrberg (435 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge # Hirseberg (434 m), ??? district, Sindfeld # Hohlestein (433 m), Lippe district,

# Leyenkopf (431.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Padberg (426 m), Lippe district,

# Küppel (422.6 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Unnamed peak (285.8 m), near Möhnesee-Delecke, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Langenberg (418 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest # Püsterberg (410 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Stemberg (402 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest # Burgberg, (400.5 m), Düren district,

North Eifel The North Eifel (german: Nordeifel), the northern part of the Eifel, a low mountain range in Germany and East Belgium, comprises the following six sub-regions: * Venn Foreland, * Hohes Venn, * Rur Eifel, *Limestone Eifel, * Our Valley and * High Eif ...

# Piusberg (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Stillenbergskopf (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Markberg (394 m), Lippe district,

# Sonnenberg (393.3 m), Düren district,

/Hausener Busch # Bielstein (393 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest # Spitze Warte (391 m), Soest district,

Haarstrang The Haar () or Haarstrang is a ridge of hills on the southern edge of the Westphalian Basin in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. From a natural region perspective it is the southern, submontane part of the Hellweg Börde, which stands ...

# Hoher Schaden (388 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Westerwald # Teutberg (386 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest # Heckberg (383 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land #

Iburg Bad Iburg (; Westphalian: ''Bad Ibig'') is a spa town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, 16 km south of Osnabrück. Bad Iburg is also the name of a municipality which includes ...

(380 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg #

Brodtberg The Brodtberg, at {{Höhe, 378.86, DE-NN, link=true, is the highest hill in Remscheid and the region of Düsseldorf in Germany. Despite that, it is not particularly prominent; for example the nearby quarter of Lennep Remscheid () is a city in N ...

(378.86 m), Remscheid, Bergisches Land # Hohes Wäldchen (378 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land # Stahlseifer Kopf (375.8 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Butterberg (372 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Hellerberg (366.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar # Hermannsberg (364 m; also called ''Großer Hermannsberg''), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest # Eisenberg (361 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park # Lichtscheid (351 m),

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

# Kleiner Heckberg (348 m), Rhine-Berg district,

# Wehlhügel (346 m), Soest district, Haarstrang # Desenberg (343.6 m), Höxter district, Warburg Börde # Bonstapel (342 m),

Herford district Herford () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Minden-Lübbecke, Lippe, the urban district of Bielefeld, and the districts Gütersloh and Osnabrück. History The region i ...

, Weser Uplands # Großer Ehberg (340 m), ??? district, Teutoburg Forest # Nonnenstromberg (335 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge #

Tönsberg The Tönsberg is a hill ridge in the Teutoburg Forest that reaches a height of and lies in the district of Lippe near Oerlinghausen. Hermann's Way runs over the Tönsberg for about 3.5 km. Points of interest Along Hermann's Way on the c ...

(333.4 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest #

Petersberg Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known a ...

(331 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge # Scharpenacker Berg (326.3 m), Wuppertal # Wolkenburg (324 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge # Drachenfels (321 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge #

Vaalserberg The Vaalserberg (, Ripuarian: ) is a hill with a height of above NAP and is the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands, also known as "Dutch Mountains". The Vaalserberg is located in the province of Limburg, at the south-east ...

(322.50 m), Germany-Belgium-Netherlands border,

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

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Heidbrink The Heidbrink is a hill which lies south of Lübbecke in central Germany and, at , is the highest peak in the Wiehen Hills. It is also the highest elevation in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its he ...

(319.6 m), Minden-Lübbecke district,

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 ...

# Hengeberg (316 m),

Gütersloh district Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...

, Teutoburg Forest # Große Egge (312 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest # Ebberg / Eiserner Anton (309 m), town of

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

, Teutoburg Forest # Hankenüll (307 m), Gütersloh district, on the border between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Teutoburg Forest # Bußberg (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest # Hollandskopf (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest # Teutberg (305.3 m), Lippe district # Hünenburg (302 m),

, Teutoburg Forest # Johannisberg (291 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest #

Sophienhöhe The Sophienhöhe (301.8 m AMSL) is the largest artificial hill worldwide, created by surface mining at the open cast lignite mine Tagebau Hambach operated by RWE Power AG in Düren (district), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Location Sophien ...

(290 m), Düren district, a slag heap # Nettelstedter Berg (289 m), Minden-Lübbecke district,

# Burggrafenberg (282.8 m), Wuppertal, Staatsforst Burgholz #

Wittekindsberg The Wittekindsberg is a hill, , which forms the easternmost peak of the Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge) and is also the western guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The hill is well-known, e ...

(281.48 m),

Porta Westfalica Porta Westfalica () is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name "''Porta Westfalica''" is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia". Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of West ...

, Wiehen Hills # ''Auf dem Heil'' (274 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district,

Ardey Hills The Ardey Hills (german: Ardeygebirge or ''Ardey'') are a range of wooded hills, up to , in the territory of the city of Dortmund and the districts of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis and Kreis Unna, Unna in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hil ...

Nonnenstein The Nonnenstein is a hill, , in the Wiehen Hills north of Rödinghausen, Germany. The Nonnenstein is also known in older literature as the ''Rödinghauser Berg''. Height There is a curiosity about the height of the mountain: due to a measureme ...

(274 m), on the border between Herford and Minden-Lübbecke districts, Wiehen Hills #

Arenberg Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a former county, principality and finally duchy that was located in what is now Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian noble family. History First mentioned in the 12 ...

(269 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Witten # Lousberg (264 m),

# Lüderich (260.2 m), Rhine-Berg district #

Klusenberg The Klusenberg is, at , the highest elevation on the territory of the city of Dortmund. The Klusenberg part of the Ardey Hills lies west of the Hohensyburg The Syberg is a hill in the Ruhr in the southern part of Dortmund, 240 m above Normalnul ...

(254 m),

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

, Ardey Hills, highest hill on Dortmund city territory # Syberg (244 m), Dortmund, Ardey Hills # Höstreichberg (243 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district # Höhensteine (236 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Leuscheid # Böllberg (236 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district # Westerbecker Berg (236 m), Steinfurt district # Harkortberg (232 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Ardey Hills # Glessener Höhe (204 m), highest point in Rhein-Erft district,

Ville ''Ville'' or "town", but its meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" (from Gallo-Romance VILLA < Latin ''

villa rustica

'') and ...

ridge # Halde Oberscholven (201.8 m),

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

, Bergehalde # Ibbenbüren-Dickenberg (201 m) Ibbenbüren Steinfurt district (Bergehalde) # Unnamed peak (193 m) in Bochum-Stiepel, western extension of the Ardey Hills, highest hill in the city of Bochum # Maschberg (190.2 m), Herford district # Ichenberg (190 m), Aachen district # Limberg ((190 m),

Minden-Lübbecke Minden-Lübbecke is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Diepholz, Nienburg, Schaumburg, Lippe, Herford, Osnabrück. Geography This is the northernmost district of North ...

district # Westerberg (187 m), Coesfeld district,

Baumberge The Baumberge are the highest hills in the natural regions of Münsterland and Kernmünsterland with a maximum height of . They are located between Münster and Coesfeld, which is itself close to the southwest edge of the Baumberge. The hilly ...

# Kaisberg (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district # Brasberg (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district # Stever Berge (182 m), Coesfeld district,

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 ...

(181 m), Minden-Lübbecke district, Stemme Hills # Schafberg (Ibbenbüren) (174 m), Steinfurt district # Mackenberg (173 m), Warendorf district,

Beckum Hills The Beckum Hills (german: Beckumer Berge), named after the town of Beckum, are a range of low hills, up to , in the region of Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Along with the Baumberge and its foothills and ...

# Rennenberg (164.10 m), Ruppichteroth # Dörenther Klippen (159 m), Steinfurt district, Teutoburg Forest # Schöppinger Berg (157.6 m), Borken district # Stimberg (156 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard # Halde Großes Holz (150 m), Unna district, Bergehalde # Waldbeerenberg (146 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark # Bergelerberg (136 m), Warendorf district, Beckum Hills # Granatsberg (135 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark # Fischberg (134 m), ??? district, Borkenberge # Ostenberg (126 m), ??? district, Stemme Hills # Halde Haniel (126 m),

Bottrop Bottrop () is a city in west-central Germany, on the Rhine–Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail cente ...

, Bergehalde # Weseler Berg (126 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard # Dachsberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard # Galgenberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark # Stuckenberg (118 m), Unna district, Unna- Massen #

Monte Troodelöh Monte Troodelöh is the highest point in the municipal area of the city of Cologne. It lies in the Rath/Heumar district, approximately 1,250 metres south of the A4 at Wolfsweg between the intersection of Pionier-Hütten-Weg and the Brück-Forsbach ...

(118 m), Köln, Königsforst # Maiberg (109 m), ??? district, Hohe Mark # Hammerberg (106 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard # Kurricker Berg (102 m), Stadt

Hamm Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...

in the borough of Bockum-Hövel # Halde Norddeutschland (102 m),

Neukirchen-Vluyn Neukirchen-Vluyn () is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km west of Moers, and 15 km north of Krefeld. Mayors Mayors since 1836: * 1836–1875 Gustav Haarbeck * 1875–1 ...

, Bergehalde # Tannenbülten (100 m), ??? district, ''Die Berge'' # Klever Berg (99 m), Kleve district, Kleve # Michaelsberg (118 m), Rhine-Sieg district # Inrather Berg (87 m),

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

Kapuzinerberg Kapuzinerberg is a hill on the eastern bank of the Salzach river in the Salzburg, city of Salzburg in Austria, which rises to an elevation of . It is located to the south of Altstadt Salzburg, Salzburg's historic city centre, and forms part of th ...

(77 m),

# Kaiserberg (75 m),

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...

Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürsten ...

(75 m),

Xanten Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the wor ...

# Oermter Berg (68 m), between Rheurdt and

Issum Issum is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately east of Geldern. Economy Issum is home to the Diebels brewery, the largest altbier brewery in the world. Notable natives ...

# Hülser Berg (63 m),

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian provinces

Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian regions

List of mountains and hills

See also