Wittekindsberg

Geschichte

The Wittekindsberg is a hill, which forms the easternmost peak of the Wiehen Hills (Wiehengebirge) and is also the western guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).The hill is well-known, especially as the site of the Emperor William Monument (Kaiser Wilhelm Denkmal), but also for the Moltke Tower and Wittekind Castle.GeographyThe Wittekindsberg rises at the eastern end of the Wiehen Hills im Minden-Lübbecke district directly northwest of the village of Barkhausen within the borough of Porta Westfalica, and about 6 km south-southwest of the town of Minden. It is located due west of the Porta Westfalica gorge (the "Westphalian Gate"), that lies on the northern edge of the Weser Uplands and the southern border of the North German Plain and through which the River Weser flows from the uplands northwards into the plain. To the east is the Jakobsberg, which is the westernmost hill of the Wesergebirge and the eastern guardian overlooking the gorge.The Wittekindsberg is surrounded by the eastern areas of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park that extends from just in front of Bückeburg into the Wesergebirge.