The Westerbecker Berg is a forested hill in the

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 ...

and, at ,Topographisches Informationsmanagement, Bezirksregierung Köln, Abteilung GEObasis NRW
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Tecklenburg Land Tecklenburg () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name comes from the ruined castle around which it was built. The town is situated on the Hermannsweg hiking trail. The coat of arms shows an anchor a ...

, the county of

Steinfurt Steinfurt (; Westphalian: ''Stemmert'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From roughly 1100-1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt. Geography Steinfurt is situated north- ...

and the administrative region of

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

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 ...

Location

The Westerbecker Berg lies in the

TERRA.vita Nature Park 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 ...

(formerly the North Teutoburg Forest and Wiehen Hills Nature Park) in the municipality of

Lienen Lienen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south-east of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster. Lienen is a sister city with Saint Marys, Ohio in ...

north of the farming community of Westerbeck. To the south and southwest of the hill the terrain transitions into the Münsterland Park Landscape of Münsterland which enables very good long-distance views.

History

The historical trade route known as the ''

Hermannsweg The Hermannsweg is a long hiking trail which follows the ridge of the Teutoburg Forest, running from Rheine to Velmerstot in Germany. It is marked by signposts showing a white H on a black background. The Hermannsweg has been named for Arminius ...

'', now a long-distance trail, runs over the Westerbecker Berg. The trail runs along the crest of the hills that form the

from

Rheine Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base. Geography Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...

Velmerstot The Velmerstot is the northernmost and highest hill in the Eggegebirge ridge in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has two summits, the Prussian Velmerstot (''Preußische Velmerstot'') (468 m), which lies on the territory of Stei ...

in the Egge. WesterbeckerBergN

Quarries on the hillsides recall the once flourishing extraction of

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

here. As a result, a cableway was built to the Hüggel, which may be seen to the north-northeast. Limestone was transported on the Hüggelbahn to the ''Georgsmarienhütte'' works and used as aggregate limestone (''Zuschlagskalk''). {{clear left

References

Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia Steinfurt (district) Teutoburg Forest