Ebbe Mountains
Mountain range in Germany
title: "Ebbe Mountains" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sauerland", "central-uplands", "mountain-ranges-of-north-rhine-westphalia", "natural-regions-of-the-süder-uplands"] description: "Mountain range in Germany" topic_path: "general/sauerland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbe_Mountains" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain range in Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ebbe Mountains |
| (Ebbegebirge) | |
| map_image | Karte Ebbegebirge in NRW.png |
| map_caption | Location of the Ebbe within North Rhine-Westphalia |
| photo | Ebbegebirge.JPG |
| photo_caption | The Ebbe from the northeast (Schomberg Observation Tower) |
| country | Germany |
| subdivision3_type | Districts |
| subdivision3 | |
| subdivision1 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| subdivision2_type | Region |
| subdivision2 | Sauerland |
| parent | Rhenish Massif |
| highest | Nordhelle |
| elevation_m | 663 |
| coordinates | |
| length_km | 12 |
| :: |
| name=Ebbe Mountains (Ebbegebirge) | map_image=Karte Ebbegebirge in NRW.png | map_caption=Location of the Ebbe within North Rhine-Westphalia | photo=Ebbegebirge.JPG | photo_caption=The Ebbe from the northeast (Schomberg Observation Tower) | country= Germany | subdivision3_type= Districts | subdivision3= | subdivision1= North Rhine-Westphalia | subdivision2_type= Region | subdivision2= Sauerland | parent= Rhenish Massif | highest=Nordhelle | elevation_m= 663 | range_coordinates= | coordinates= | length_km= 12
The Ebbe Mountains (, ) or Ebbe () form a range of uplands up to high in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They have given their name to the Ebbe Mountain Nature Park and are part of the Süder Uplands within the Rhine Massif.
Geography
Location
The Ebbe lies in the Sauerland in the districts of Märkischer Kreis and Olpe. It stretches between Herscheid and Plettenberg (outside the area) in the north, Attendorn and Finnentrop (outside the area) in the east, the Biggesee in the south and Kierspe and Meinerzhagen in the west, where the Ebbe Hills are surrounded by the Ebbe Hills Nature Park. It is grazed by the A 45 motorway in the west.
Hills
The highest elevation in the Ebbe Mountains is the Nordhelle () between Valbert and Herscheid. Other notable hills are the: Rehberg (645.9 m), Rüenhardt (636.0 m), Waldberg (ca. 635 m), Rothenstein (ca. 600 m), Der Griesing (552,6 m), Homert (538,3 m) and Kahler Kopf (540.1 m).
Rivers and lakes
The following rivers rise in the Ebbe or around its edges: the Bruchbach, Else, Fürwigge, Ihne, Lister, Oesterbach, Verse and Volme. Within the Ebbe and its foothills are the Ahaus Reservoir, the Biggesee and the Fürwigge, Jubach, Lister, Oester and Verse Dams.
File:Img20040523 0019 de herscheid nordhelle wolke.JPG|The Ebbe Mountains near Herscheid
References
References
- McCann, Tom (ed.) (2008). ''The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and Palaeozoic'', The Geological Society, Bath, p. 238. {{ISBN. 978-1-86239-245-8.
- Malte-Brun, M. (1829). ''Universal Geography, Volume 7'', Wells & Lilley, Boston, p. 222.
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