Hill 400
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 387 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Burg-Berg” and “Hill 400, Bergstein”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Krawutschke Tower and Staubecken Obermaubach einschliesslich Einmündungsbereich der Rur.
Krawutschke Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Mdo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Krawutschke Tower is a 13 metre tall observation tower in the Hürtgenwald municipality in Germany, about one kilometer east of the village center of Bergstein, approximately 10 km south of Düren.
Staubecken Obermaubach einschliesslich Einmündungsbereich der Rur
Nature reserve
Photo: Einfallslos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Staubecken Obermaubach einschliesslich Einmündungsbereich der Rur is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zerkall and Bergstein.
Hill 400
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.69458° or 50° 41′ 41″ northLongitude
6.44193° or 6° 26′ 31″ eastElevation
387 metres (1,270 feet)Open location code
9F28MCVR+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1571277390OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Hill 400” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burg-Berg”
- Dutch: “Hill 400”
- French: “Burgberg”
- French: “Colline 400”
- German: “Berenstein”
- German: “Burg Berenstein”
- German: “Burgberg”
- German: “Reichsburg Berenstein”
- Hebrew: “גבעה 400”
- Ladin: “Hill 400”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hill 400”
- Norwegian: “Hill 400”
- Polish: “Wzgórze 400”
- Thai: “เนินเขา 400 แบร์กสไตน์”
- Vietnamese: “Đồi 400, Bergstein”
- Vietnamese: “Đồi 400”
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