List of mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia
Topography of North Rhine-Westphalia
This list of the mountains and hills in North Rhine-Westphalia shows a selection of high or well-known mountains and hills in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (in order of height ).
Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian provinces
The following table gives the highest hill or point in the five provinces (Regierungsbezirke ) of North Rhine-Westphalia.
By clicking on the word "List" in the "Lists" column you will be taken to a list of other hills in the respective region or hill range (some of which lie partly outside of North Rhine-Westphalia). The table is listed in order of height, but can be sorted by other columns by clicking on the symbol at the head.
The highest point in the Province of Detmold is on the flank of the Totenkopf in the Sauerland near Bad Wünnenberg . The provincial boundary runs up to a height of 498 m above sea level (NN) .
Highest points of the North Rhine-Westphalian regions
The Desenberg (345 m) nearby the town of Warburg . View from the border between the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse
In the following table are the highest mountains and hills in the various North Rhine-Westphalian landscapes (regions or hill ranges).
In the "Landscape" column, major hill ranges are shown in bold and landscape units that have no significant local high point or are basins, whose (sometimes island-like) high points have some isolation, are shown in italics . Clicking "List" in the rows of the "List" column links to other hills or mountains in that landscape – some of which are outside of North Rhine-Westphalia. The table is arranged by height, but may be sorted by other criteria by clicking the symbol of the desired column.
Langenberg (Rothaar)
Weißer Stein (Eifel; Zitterwald)
Himberg (Saalhauser Berge)
Borberg (Brilo Heights)
Steling (Eifel; Rur Eifel)
Homert (Lennegebirge)
Michelsberg (Eifel; Ahrgebirge)
Homert (Bergisches Land)
List of mountains and hills
Name, Height in metres above NN , Location (district /landscape ); three "???" means unknown or not researched; please complete!
Langenberg (843.2 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse , Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district , Rothaar
Kahler Asten (841.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Clemensberg (839.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Hopperkopf (832.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
Hunau (817.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Ziegenhelle (815.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Wallershöhe (812 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Bremberg (809 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Hoher Eimberg (806.1 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district
Hoppernkopf (805.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
Hillekopf (804.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Heikersköpfchen (792.4 m), Hochsauerland district
Reetsberg (792.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Öhrenstein (792.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Nordhelle (Rothaar) (between 790 and 799 m), Mark district, Rothaar
Schlossberg (790.0 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Auf dem Sternrodt (789.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Sange (788.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Krutenberg (785.0 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
Junge Grimme (782 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Dreiskopf (781 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district
Kahle Pön (775.3 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
Albrechtsberg (768 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district , Rothaar
Rimberg (Winterberg) (764.5 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Bollerberg (757 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Härdler (756 m), Olpe district , Rothaar
Poppenberg (746 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Bastenberg (744.8 m), Hochsauerland district , Sauerland
Kalied (744.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Zwistberg (744 m), Hochsauerland district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Hohe Hessel (743 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
Auf'm Knoll (738 m), North Rhine-Westphalia/Hesse, Hochsauerland district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Rothaar
Großer Kopf (740 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Herrloh (733 m), Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rothaar
Stüppel (732 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Sperrenberg (725 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Istenberg (721 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Heidkopf (Olsberg) (715.1 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Saukopf (715 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Rimberg (Schmallenberg) (713 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Kahlenberg (712 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Kahleberg (711 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Heidkopf (Hallenberg) (703.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Olsberg (703.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Beieck (695 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Kompass (Rothaar) (693.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Weißer Stein (692 m / 689 m on the North Rhine-Westphalian side), Euskirchen district , Zitter Forest /North Eifel
Ebschloh (686.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Westerberg (684.6 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
Riemen (678 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Jagdberg (Netphen) (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Oberste Henn (675.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Milfen (670 m), ??? district, Rothaar
Milsenberg (670 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
Borberg (669 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
Nordhelle (Ebbegebirge) (663.3 m), Mark district , Ebbegebirge
Kleine Bamicke (659.8 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Steling (658 m), Aachen district , Rur Eifel
Wilzenberg (658), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Homert (1) (656 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands
Hoher Wald (655 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Giller (653.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Schurenstein (650 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Ederkopf (649 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Schomberg (648 m), Hochsauerland district, Lenne Uplands
Rehberg (646 m), Olpe district, Ebbegebirge
Aukopf (644.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Stein (644 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Rammelsberg (637.2 m above NN ), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Jagdberg (Erndtebrück) (634.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Homberg (630 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Röhrenspring (629 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Hölzenberg (626 m), ??? district, Rothaar
Lahnkopf (624.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Bilstein (620 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
Kindelsberg (617.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Nenkersberg (610 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Westerwald
Eisenberg (606 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
Kuhelle (603 m), Olpe district, Rothaar
Rothenstein (600 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
Iberg (596 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Die Burg , (591 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar / Westerwald
Michelsberg (588 m), Euskirchen district, Ahr Hills , Eifel
Hohe Bracht (587.9 m), Olpe district
Unnamed peak (581.5 m), near Meschede-Eversbergs, Soest district , Arnsberg Forest
Wilde Wiese (580 m), Hochsauerland district, Rothaar
Kalteiche (579.3 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein, Rothaar
Weiße Frau (572 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
Donnerhain (560 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Unnamed peak (559.5 m), near Brilon-Esshofs, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Unnamed peak near the Meschede TV tower (557.4 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Warsteiner Kopf (556.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Der Griesing (555 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
Gemeinheitskopf (551.9 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Tiefenrother Höhe (551 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Unnamed peak (550.8 m), near Meschede and the "B 55", Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Niekopf (550.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Ebberg (546.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Balve Forest (545.9 m), Mark district , Rothaar
Ensterknick (543.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Nuttlar Heights (Nuttlarer Höhe ) (542.2 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Stimm Stamm (541.1 m), Passhöhe, Soest district and Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Homert (2) (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
Kahler Kopf (539 m), Mark district, Ebbegebirge
Knippberg (537 m), ??? district, Ahr Hills, Eifel
Heimberg (536 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
Sengenberg (530.4 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Bornstein (529 m), Hochsauerland district, Sauerland
Walkersdorfer Berg (526 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Wildbretshügel (525 m), Euskirchen district /Düren district , Rur Eifel /Kermeter
Wehberg (525 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Liverhagen (522.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Moosberg (522.0 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Voßstein (521.1 m; nordöstlicher Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Hornscheid (519.7 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Voßstein (519.7 m; mittlerer Kopf), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Homert (3) (519 m), Upper Berg district , Bergisches Land
Silberkuhle (515 m), Upper Berg district, Bergisches Land
Greverhagen (514.6 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Kopnück (514 m), Euskirchen district , Ahr Hills , Eifel
Bautenberg (512.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Voßstein (512.3 m; southwestern peak), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Brandenberg (509.3 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Unnenberg (506 m), Marienheide, Upper Berg district, Bergisches Land
Heinberg (504.9 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Neuer Berg (504.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Wennemer Höhe (503.3 m), Hochsauerland district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Totenkopf (502.6 m), Hochsauerland district, near Marsberg
Kohlberg (502 m), Mark district
Kopf (500.8 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Blumenkopf (500.7 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Schaaken (500 m), Hochsauerland district, Briloner Höhen
Pfannenberg (499.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Suhrenberg (498.2 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Köterberg (496 m; Monte Wau-Wau ), Lippe district , Weser Uplands, border of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
Schälhorn (493 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
Kahlenbergsköpfe (485.7 m southern peak), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Schellberg (472 m), Hochsauerland district, Brilon Heights
Wildenberg (468.7 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Preußischer Velmerstot (468 m), Paderborn district , Eggegebirge
Kahlenbergsköpfe (466.9 m mittlerer Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Tüppel (461 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Großer Ölberg (460 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Löwenburg (455 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Schiffenberg (452.6 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Hoheloh (451 m), ??? district, Sindfeld
Kahlenbergsköpfe (447.5 m nördlicher Kopf), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Barnacken (446 m), Lippe district , Teutoburg Forest
Elkersberg (443.2 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Kleine Rausche (443.1 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Wengeberg (442 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district , Breckerfeld , highest elevation in the Ruhr
Hausheide (441 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg
Lippischer Velmerstot (441 m), Lippe district, Eggegebirge
Große Rausche (436.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Lohrberg (435 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Hirseberg (434 m), ??? district, Sindfeld
Hohlestein (433 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Leyenkopf (431.5 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Padberg (426 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Küppel (422.6 m), ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Unnamed peak (285.8 m), near Möhnesee-Delecke, ??? district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Langenberg (418 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Püsterberg (410 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Stemberg (402 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Burgberg , (400.5 m), Düren district, North Eifel
Piusberg (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Stillenbergskopf (399 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Markberg (394 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Sonnenberg (393.3 m), Düren district, Rur Eifel /Hausener Busch
Bielstein (393 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Spitze Warte (391 m), Soest district, Haarstrang
Hoher Schaden (388 m), Rhine-Sieg district , Westerwald
Teutberg (386 m), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Heckberg (383 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land
Iburg (380 m), Höxter district, Eggegebirge, near Bad Driburg
Brodtberg (378.86 m), Remscheid, Bergisches Land
Hohes Wäldchen (378 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Bergisches Land
Stahlseifer Kopf (375.8 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Butterberg (372 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Hellerberg (366.9 m), Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Rothaar
Hermannsberg (364 m; also called Großer Hermannsberg ), Lippe district, Teutoburg Forest
Eisenberg (361 m), Soest district, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
Lichtscheid (351 m), Wuppertal
Kleiner Heckberg (348 m), Rhine-Berg district , Bergisches Land
Wehlhügel (346 m), Soest district, Haarstrang
Desenberg (343.6 m), Höxter district, Warburg Börde
Bonstapel (342 m), Herford district , Weser Uplands
Großer Ehberg (340 m), ??? district, Teutoburg Forest
Nonnenstromberg (335 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Tönsberg (333.4 m), Lippe district , Teutoburg Forest
Petersberg (331 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Scharpenacker Berg (326.3 m), Wuppertal
Wolkenburg (324 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Drachenfels (321 m), Rhine-Sieg district, Siebengebirge
Vaalserberg (322.50 m), Germany-Belgium-Netherlands border, Aachen Forest
Heidbrink (319.6 m), Minden-Lübbecke district , Wiehen Hills
Hengeberg (316 m), Gütersloh district , Teutoburg Forest
Große Egge (312 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
Ebberg / Eiserner Anton (309 m), town of Bielefeld , Teutoburg Forest
Hankenüll (307 m), Gütersloh district, on the border between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Teutoburg Forest
Bußberg (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
Hollandskopf (306 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
Teutberg (305.3 m), Lippe district
Hünenburg (302 m), Bielefeld , Teutoburg Forest
Johannisberg (291 m), Gütersloh district, Teutoburg Forest
Sophienhöhe (290 m), Düren district , a slag heap
Nettelstedter Berg (289 m), Minden-Lübbecke district , Wiehen Hills
Burggrafenberg (282.8 m), Wuppertal, Staatsforst Burgholz
Wittekindsberg (281.48 m), Porta Westfalica , Wiehen Hills
Auf dem Heil (274 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Ardey Hills
Nonnenstein (274 m), on the border between Herford and Minden-Lübbecke districts, Wiehen Hills
Arenberg (269 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Witten
Lousberg (264 m), Aachen
Lüderich (260.2 m), Rhine-Berg district
Klusenberg (254 m), Dortmund , Ardey Hills, highest hill on Dortmund city territory
Syberg (244 m), Dortmund, Ardey Hills
Höstreichberg (243 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
Höhensteine (236 m), Rhine-Sieg district , Leuscheid
Böllberg (236 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
Westerbecker Berg (236 m), Steinfurt district
Harkortberg (232 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district, Ardey Hills
Glessener Höhe (204 m), highest point in Rhein-Erft district , Ville ridge
Halde Oberscholven (201.8 m), Gelsenkirchen , Bergehalde
Ibbenbüren-Dickenberg (201 m) Ibbenbüren Steinfurt district (Bergehalde)
Unnamed peak (193 m) in Bochum-Stiepel, western extension of the Ardey Hills, highest hill in the city of Bochum
Maschberg (190.2 m), Herford district
Ichenberg (190 m), Aachen district
Limberg (190 m), Minden-Lübbecke district
Westerberg (187 m), Coesfeld district , Baumberge
Kaisberg (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
Brasberg (185 m), Ennepe-Ruhr district
Stever Berge (182 m), Coesfeld district, Baumberge
Stemweder Berg (181 m), Minden-Lübbecke district , Stemme Hills
Schafberg (Ibbenbüren) (174 m), Steinfurt district
Mackenberg (173 m), Warendorf district, Beckum Hills
Rennenberg (164.10 m), Ruppichteroth
Dörenther Klippen (159 m), Steinfurt district , Teutoburg Forest
Schöppinger Berg (157.6 m), Borken district
Stimberg (156 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
Halde Großes Holz (150 m), Unna district , Bergehalde
Waldbeerenberg (146 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
Bergelerberg (136 m), Warendorf district, Beckum Hills
Granatsberg (135 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
Fischberg (134 m), ??? district, Borkenberge
Ostenberg (126 m), ??? district, Stemme Hills
Halde Haniel (126 m), Bottrop , Bergehalde
Weseler Berg (126 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
Dachsberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
Galgenberg (123 m), Recklinghausen district, Hohe Mark
Stuckenberg (118 m), Unna district, Unna-Massen
Monte Troodelöh (118 m), Köln, Königsforst
Maiberg (109 m), ??? district, Hohe Mark
Hammerberg (106 m), Recklinghausen district, the Haard
Kurricker Berg (102 m), Stadt Hamm in the borough of Bockum-Hövel
Halde Norddeutschland (102 m), Neukirchen-Vluyn , Bergehalde
Tannenbülten (100 m), ??? district, Die Berge
Klever Berg (99 m), Kleve district, Kleve
Michaelsberg (118 m), Rhine-Sieg district
Inrather Berg (87 m), Krefeld
Kapuzinerberg (77 m), Krefeld
Kaiserberg (75 m), Duisburg
Fürstenberg (75 m), Xanten
Oermter Berg (68 m), between Rheurdt and Issum
Hülser Berg (63 m), Krefeld
See also
View over the Wuppertal Hills
Mountains and hills by state of Germany