Barnacken
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At the Barnacken is the highest hill in the Teutoburg Forest
Teutoburg Forest
The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which used to be believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9...

 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

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Geography

The Barnacken is located about 3 km (as the crow flies
As the crow flies
"As the crow flies" or beelining is an idiom for the shortest route between two points; the geodesic distance.An example is the great-circle distance between Key West and Pensacola, at either end of the U.S...

) southwest of Horn, part of the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Horn-Bad Meinberg is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 18,300 inhabitants. It was formed in 1970 by merging various other towns that had grown together, including Bad Meinberg and Horn - the new entity's original name was Bad Meinberg-Horn, before taking its...

, and northwest of the Silberbach
Silberbach (Heubach)
Silberbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....

 stream, which runs in a valley in a southwest to northeast direction through Veldrom to Leopoldstal, and the transition between the Teutoburg Forest and the Eggegebirge
Eggegebirge
The Eggegebirge is a range of low, forested mountains in the very east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-Geography:The Eggegebirge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburger Wald range near Horn-Bad Meinberg southwards to the northern parts of the Sauerland near Marsberg...

 hills.

The river Strothe
Thune (river)
Thune is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia...

 rises on the Barnacken, near the B 1
Bundesstraße 1
The Bundesstraße 1 or B1 is a German federal highway running in an east-west direction from the Dutch border near Aachen to the Polish border at Küstrin-Kietz on the Oder River.-Route description:...

 federal road, and flows in a southwesterly direction alongside the B1 from Horn-Bad Meinberg in the northeast to Schlangen in the southwest and which continues as the Thune
Thune (river)
Thune is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia...

 before discharging into the river Lippe.

Weser-Ems watershed

The most southeasterly point of the Weser-Ems watershed is located on the Barnacken. All streams that rise in the Teutoburg Forest further to the northwest of this hill and flow westwards discharge, sooner or later, into the river Ems. By contrast, the streams and rivers that flow from here northwards and eastwards join the Weser at some point.

It should also be mentioned here that all streams that rise south of the Barnacken and flow towards the southwest, eventually enter the Lippe, which ultimately flows into the Rhine.

Points of interest

The following points of interest and geographical features may be found in the vicinity of the Barnacken:
  • Externsteine
    Externsteine
    The Externsteine are a distinctive rock formation located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe of northwestern Germany, not far from the city of Detmold at Horn-Bad Meinberg. The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills...

  • Fürstenallee
  • Gauseköte (pass)
  • Hermannsdenkmal
    Hermannsdenkmal
    The Hermannsdenkmal is a monument located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe...

  • Lippischer Velmerstot
  • Preußischer Velmerstot
  • Falkenburg ruins
  • Silberbachtal
    Silberbach (Heubach)
    Silberbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....

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