Egge
The Egge Hills, or just the Egge is a range of forested hills, up to 464 m above sea level, in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.Photo: Langläufer, Public domain.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 436 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Eggegebirge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaiser-Karls-Turm and Iburg.
Kaiser-Karls-Turm
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Bdk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaiser-Karls-Turm is a scenic viewpoint.
Altenbeken station
Railway station
Photo: Tsungam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altenbeken station is in the municipality of Altenbeken in the Paderborn district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station has a great importance as a hub for local and long-distance transport due to its location on the line from the Ruhr area to Warburg and Kassel, as well as to Holzminden–Kreiensen, Hanover and Herford. Altenbeken station is situated 3½ km northwest of Egge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bad Driburg and Altenbeken.
Bad Driburg
Town
Photo: Linda.floren, CC BY 1.0.
Bad Driburg is a town and spa in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, situated on the river Aa and the Altenbeken–Kreiensen railway.
Altenbeken
Village
Photo: Ludger1961, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altenbeken is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Altenbeken is situated 3½ km northwest of Egge.
Himmighausen
Village
Photo: Bielibob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Himmighausen is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Egge.
Egge
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Egge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Eggegebirge”
- Dutch: “Eggegebergte”
- Estonian: “Eggegebirge”
- German: “Eggegebirge”
- Japanese: “エッゲ山地”
- Ladin: “Eggegebirge”
- Macedonian: “Егге”
- Macedonian: “Еге”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eggegebirge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eggegebirge”
- Norwegian: “Eggegebirge”
- Swedish: “Eggegebirge”
- Venetian: “Eggegebirge”
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