The Maschberg is a hill, , in the

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 ...

and on the boundary between the village of

Rödinghausen Rödinghausen is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 20 km north-west of Herford and 25 km north of Biel ...

and the town of

Preußisch Oldendorf Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with ...

. The Maschberg is the highest point in the Rödinghausen parish of Schwenningdorf. The Maschberg, like almost all the hills in the Wiehen, has an elongated

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or ''Egge'' and is only separated to the hills to the west by '' dören''. As a result, the hill is only perceived as a prominent summit. A long distance path, the Wittekindsweg, runs over the summit. To the west the Wiehen Hills climb again to the

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 ...

. To the east the range descends into the

water gap A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a prac ...

of the

Große Aue The Große Aue (in its upper reaches known as the ''Aue'' and then also the ''Neuer Mühlenbach'' or ''Mühlbach'') is an , southwestern, left tributary of the River Weser in northern North Rhine-Westphalia and central Lower Saxony in Germany. ...

to a height of . Southwest of the summit rises the stream of Wehmerhorster Bach. The name "Maschberg" refers to the Börninghausen village of ''Masch'' (also ''Mesch''), which lies northeast of the hill in the valley of Eggetal.

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{{Commonscat, Maschberg Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia Wiehen Hills Herford (district) Preußisch Oldendorf