Paderborn plateau

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Lime shards on the Paderborn plateau near Borchen
The Paderborn plateau with the adjacent regions in the north, east and south.

The geological structure of the Paderborn plateau is the south-eastern end of the Westphalian Bay and at the same time the largest limestone and karst landscape in Westphalia . In the natural structure of the handbook of the natural structure of Germany , it is assigned to the Upper Weserbergland in the Lower Saxony mountainous region .

In the west, the Almetal forms the border with the Hellwegbörden with the Haarstrang in the south, which is followed by the lip lowlands , the Senne and the Teutoburg Forest to the north . The Egge Mountains border the eastern edge . The southern end is bordered by the Sauerland and the Waldecker Tafelland .

The Paderborn plateau is divided into four sub- landscapes: the Sintfeld in the south, the Brenkener Bergplatte in the west, the Bockfeld in the north and the Lichtenauer Bergebene ( Soratfeld ) in the east.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Paderborn plateau is numbered 362 and the Sintfeld is numbered 362.1

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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 50'  E