320 m above sea level (NN): a. Auf dem Polle (Bielefeld) b. Heidbrink (Hüllhorst)
Lowest elevation:
41 m above sea level (NN) (northern Weser valley)
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Ravensberg Land (German: Ravensberger Land) is a cultural landscape in the district of Ostwestfalen-Lippe in the northeast of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies between the Wiehen Hills to the north, the Teutoburg Forest to the south, the state border with Lower Saxony to the west and the large bend in the River Weser and the boundary of Lippe district to the east. It thus essentially encompasses the Westphalian part of the Ravensberg Hills. The most important towns are Bielefeld (northern and central quarters), Herford, Bad Oeynhausen and Bünde.
The area is characterised by long-standing, intensive farming in its loess, hill country, a wide range of industry and a high population density. Historically the region was dominated by centuries of Prussian overlordship. Until into the 20th century, its people were purely of the Evangelical-Lutheran faith and had a common dialect known as Ravensberger Platt.
Ravensberg Land must not be confused with the natural region of the Ravensberg Basin or the territory of the County of Ravensberg. It is often not understood that these three terms are used in different contexts and the areas they relate to, despite significant overlap, are not identical.
RavensbergLand (German: Ravensberger Land) is a cultural landscape in the district of Ostwestfalen-Lippe in the northeast of the German federal state...
near Bad Sachsa, Germany Ravensberg Basin or Ravensberg Hills, a natural region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany RavensbergLand, a cultural landscape...
of the Ravensberg Basin is almost coincident with the cultural region of the RavensbergLand. County of RavensbergRavensbergLandRavensberg Castle Minden-Ravensberg...
Kleve/Mark/Jüllich/Berg/Ravensberg. Land im Mittelpunkt der Mächte. Herzogtumer 3. 1985. Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek; Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf (1985). Land im Mittelpunkt...
mountains with a source stream. (in the East Westphalian region of RavensbergLand and in the Lipperland such a terrain feature is known as a Siek). The...
Adolf IX – in union with Ravensberg – 1348–1360 Gerhard 1360–1380 Wilhelm II; became duke in 1380 – in union with Ravensberg (except 1404–1437) and after...
April 1946, for the inclusion of the former Prussian district of Minden-Ravensberg (i.e. the Westphalian city of Bielefeld as well as the Westphalian districts...
Minden-Ravensberg 1719–1807 Kingdom of Westphalia Kingdom of Prussia (Province of Westphalia) 1815– Founded in 1214 by Count Hermann IV of Ravensberg to guard...
Jacob Jensen Ravensberg til Kindholm. On Jacob Jensen Ravensber's death, Beldringe passed to his daughter Datteren Anne Jaocbsdatter Ravensberg. In 1522,...
Johann F. Knapp: Regenten- und Volks-Geschichte der Länder Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg und Ravensberg , Becker, 1836, p. 512 Julius von Minutoli: Das kaiserliche...
Hohenzollern heartland of Brandenburg, with the exclaves of Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg in the Rhineland. In 1708 about one third of the population of East Prussia...
counting Massenhausen) in 5 commands; Munich (Athens), Ingolstadt (Eleusis), Ravensberg (Sparta), Freysingen (Thebes), and Eichstaedt (Erzurum). During this early...
comprising the Duchy of Cleves in the Rhineland and the Counties of Mark and Ravensberg in Westphalia. These territories, which were more than 100 kilometers...
well as coat of arms for the German territories Kleve, Sponheim, Jülich, Ravensberg and Bayern. Since most of the historical Swedish provinces did not have...
Provinces England Protestant Union Victory Treaty of Xanten Cleves-Mark and Ravensberg to John Sigismund. Jülich-Berg and Ravenstein to Wolfgang William. Wesel...
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