The Stemweder Berg (also known as the Stemmer Berge )[ 1] [ 2] North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is the northernmost and smallest of Germany's Central Uplands ranges.
Like the adjacent municipality of Stemwede , the ridge gets its name from the medieval Free County (Freigrafschaft ) of Stemwede.
Location
The Stemweder Berg lies on the southern rim of the North German Plain .
Relief
The section through the Stemwede Berg clearly shows it to be a hill ridge Amongst the elevations on the Stemweder Berg are the following − sorted by height in metres above Normalnull (NN):[ 2] Abbreviations: Lower Saxony = LS, North Rhine-Westphalia = NRW
Kollwesshöh (181.4 m), NRWScharfer Berg (180.1 m), NRWSchlichter Brink (ca. 170 m), NRW
Rauher Berg (167.8 m), NRW
Wegmannsberg (160.5 m), NRW
Kahler Hügel (146.4 m), NRW
Junger Berg (ca. 145 m), NRW
Dorenberg (140.3 m), NRW
Feldbrink (128.1 m), LS
Ostenberg (127.4 m), NRW
Lemförder Berg (124.0 m), LSBrockumer Klei (116.5 m), LSWehdemer Klei (98.1 m), NRWThe Dielinger Klei (91.7 m, NRW) may also be included as it is a dominant hill in the Stemwede area.
The Stemweder Berg has steep and rugged terrain especially in the south
Streams
Amongst the streams near the Stemweder Berg are the:
Großer Dieckfluss , a western tributary of the Große Aue , which passes the ridge to the southHunte , a southwestern tributary of the Weser , which passes the ridge some way to the west
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