Rahden-Diepenauer Geest

The Rahden-Diepenauer Geest is a natural spatial unit in the extreme northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia and in the neighboring Lower Saxony . It encompasses the mostly gently undulating Geestland between the Lübbecker Lößland in the south, the Diepholzer Moorniederung in the north, the Middle Weser Valley in the east and the western Wiehengebirge and Bersenbrücker Land in the west. The Rahden-Diepenauer Geest is part of the Dümmer- Geest lowland and thus belongs to the North German lowlands , although the Stemmer Mountains already form foothills of the low mountain range .

Political division

In the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke , the whole of Espelkamp , Rahden and Stemwede for the most part, and Hille and Petershagen for a smaller part, are in the area.

In the Lower Saxony district of Nienburg / Weser , the municipal area of Diepenau and Warmsen predominantly and smaller parts of Raddestorf belong to it, in the district of Osnabrück , Bohmte for the most part .

Emil Meynen (Hrsg.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany. Self-published by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen 1959–1962 (Part 2, contains delivery 6–9).