The Müggelberge (also formerly called the ''Müggelsberge''; ) are a wooded line of hills with heights up to
[Catrin Gottschalk, Vermessungsamt Treptow-Köpenick: ' In: Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick von Berlin (publ.): ''Rathaus Journal Treptow-Köpenick'', 11/2006, p. 5.] in the southeast of
Berlin
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's
Treptow-Köpenick quarter. They are dominated by the Kleiner Müggelberg (88.3 m) and Großer Müggelberg (114.7 m). The ''Müggelberge'' cover an area of around seven square kilometres. The ridge was formed during the
ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages, and g ...
.
A
viewing tower called the
Müggelturm has been erected on the hills with a view of the
Müggelsee and the
Berlin-Müggelberge TV Tower.
See also
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Müggelheim
References
External links
Parks in Berlin
Treptow-Köpenick
Hills of Berlin
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