Wichlinghauser Pass

Wichlinghauser Pass is a mountain saddle in Borgholzhausen, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia and has an elevation of 147 metres. Wichlinghauser Pass is situated nearby to the hamlet Wichlinghausen, as well as near the village Hesseln.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prunus avium and OWL Arena.

Prunus avium

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Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere.

OWL Arena

Stadium

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OWL Arena, formerly Gerry Weber Stadion, is a multi-purpose stadium, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it opened in 1993.

Ulmus glabra

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Ulmus glabra, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Ural Mountains, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches its southern limit in Europe; it is also found in Iran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halle and Werther.

Halle

Town

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Halle, officially Halle or Halle Westfalen to distinguish it from the larger Halle, is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, 15 km west of Bielefeld. It belongs to the district of Gütersloh in the region of Detmold.