Coesfeld Mountain

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Gerleve Abbey on the Coesfelder Berg
The Dreilindenhöhe with a view over the surroundings of Coesfeld
The Ludgerirast north of the Gerleve monastery

The up to 152 m high Coesfelder Berg is the westernmost mountain of the Coesfeld-Daruper heights , which continue the Münsterland Baumberge to the southwest.

The mountain, which rises east of the eponymous city ​​of Coesfeld ( Coesfeld district , North Rhine-Westphalia ) as a broad ridge between the Berkel and the Honigbach, falls relatively steeply to the west from around 140  m above sea level. NN to just under 80  m above sea level. NN in the Coesfeld urban area. It is considered the local mountain of this city.

From Ludgerirast , the highest point of the mountain, you can enjoy a wide view of large parts of the western Münsterland due to the lack of trees . Tradition has it that Ludgerus , the first bishop of Münster , took a break on the eve of his death in Billerbeck and blessed the Münsterland. The Dreilindenhöhe with the eponymous three linden trees ( Tilia europaea ) is a lookout point on the slopes above the town of Coesfeld.

The Benedictine Abbey of Gerleve is located in a beautiful side valley of the Coesfelder Berg , south of the Ludgerirast , at a height of 125 m . The forecast according to the highest point of the mountain from St. Liudger the evening before his death that he founded Bishopric Munster again blessed have. A memorial erected by Brother Dominikus Zwernemann (1901–1983) from Gerleve Abbey in 1934 commemorates this .

Web links

Commons : Coesfelder Berg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 40 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Bönte in Church + Life of March 30, 2005: "Being courageous" -Missionary thoughts from Ludgeri-Rast , online at kirchensite.de
  2. GIS portal of the Coesfeld district , natural monument with identification CO 02