Düsselhügelland

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Düsselhügelland
View of Eckbusch
View of Eckbusch
Systematics according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order Low mountain range threshold
Greater region 2nd order Rhenish Slate Mountains
Main unit group 33 →
Süderbergland
About main unit 337 →
Bergisch-Sauerland lowlands
4th order region
(main unit)
337 1
Niederbergisch-Märkisches hill country
5th order region 337 1 .1 →
Bergisch-Märkisches hill country
Natural space 337 1 .18
Düsselhügelland
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 16 '15 "  N , 7 ° 4' 10"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '15 "  N , 7 ° 4' 10"  E
Düsselhügelland (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Düsselhügelland
Location of the Düsselhügelland
Local area Düssel , Schlupkothen , Koxhof , Aprath , Eckbusch , Hugenbruch
District Oberdüssel , Unterdüssel
local community Wuppertal , Wuelfrath
state North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany

The Düsselhügelland is a natural spatial unit in North Rhine-Westphalia with the order number 337 1 .18.

The gently undulating hill country (200 to 250 m) includes the upper catchment area of ​​the Düssel and its tributaries ( Eigenbach , Brucher Bach , Holzer Bach ) between the source and the Wülfrath village of Düssel . In addition to the south-eastern Wülfrath districts and districts of Düssel, Schlupkothen , Koxhof , Aprath , Ober- and Unterdüssel , the Wuppertal residential area Eckbusch is also part of the natural area.

Geologically, the hill country consists of Upper Devonian slates , sandstones and greywacke with limestone banks of the Velbert layers . It rises clearly above the Wülfrather and Dornaper sinks .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany: Sheet 108/109: Düsseldorf / Erkelenz (Karlheinz Paffen, Adolf Schüttler, Heinrich Müller-Miny) 1963; 55 p. And digital version of the corresponding map (PDF; 7.4 MB)