The TERRA.vita Nature Park (german: Naturpark TERRA.vita) is located in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and is divided into northern and southern areas. The park is also known as the ''Osnabrück Land Nature Park'' and sometimes by its old name of ''North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park''. The woodlands of the Nature Park comprise about 70% of its total area.Se
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The Nature Park

Northern area

The northern part of the nature park begins in the

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near

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and extends from there over the southern fringes of the

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and Osnabrück Land in a southeast direction over the Ankum Heights to Bramsche. From there it widens out north of Osnabrück over the Wiehen Hills eastwards and then over the

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of Porta Westfalica, continuing further to the east as far as the Bückeburg, which lies east of the Weser and north of the Wesergebirge; the park area thus extends into the northwestern part of the Wesergebirge.

Southern area

The southern part of the nature park lies in the northern Teutoburg Forest. Er starts east of

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and runs through the Tecklenburg Land and Bad Iburg in a southeasterly direction to Bielefeld.

Hill ranges

* Teutoburg Forest * Wiehen Hills * Wesergebirge

Neighbouring nature park

East of Bückeburg it meets the

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. Southeast of Bielefeld it runs into the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge Nature Park.

References

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North Teutoburg Forest, Wiehen Hills and Osnabrück Land Nature Park
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