Grifflenberg

Grifflenberg
View of the University of Wuppertal from Nützenberg, Grifflenberg campus
height	268  m
location	Wuppertal
Mountains	Rhenish Slate Mountains
Coordinates	51 ° 14 '42 "  N , 7 ° 9' 5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '42 "  N , 7 ° 9' 5"  E
The surveys in Wuppertal

The Grifflenberg is an approximately 268 meter high elevation in North Rhine-Westphalia in the southern urban area of Wuppertal and namesake for the residential area Grifflenberg .

topography

The terrain spur of the Grifflenberg lies between the Wuppertal districts of Elberfeld and Cronenberg in the Elberfeld district .

It lies east of the Osterberg and is separated from it by the valley of the Ostersiepen brook, which later flows into the Hatzenbeck . The university hall , which opened in 1987, is located on the Osterberg . In the west lies the valley of the Holzer Bach and separates the Grifflenberg from the Friedenshöhe . In the north, at the foot of the Grifflenberg, joins the Elberfelder Südstadt . In the south are the Wuppertal Südhöhen .

Todays use

The Grifflenberg is best known for the Bergische Universität Wuppertal , which was built in 1972 and has its main campus here. Before that, the area was almost undeveloped. The north, south and east flanks of the Grifflenberg are quite steep, the campus extends over several levels and thus hugs the topography .