The Ankum Heights (Шаблон:Lang-de), also called the Fürstenau Hills (Fürstenauer Berge), are a ridge of hills up to 140 m high in the western part of the state of Lower Saxony on the North German Plain.
Together with their almost symmetrical counterpart, the Damme Hills, the Ankum Heights display the most marked glacial lobes of this push moraine. It filled the lowland bay of the Artland.
History
Several tumuli indicate that the Ankum Heights were already occupied in prehistoric times.
Transport links
The Ankum Heights may be reached from the B 68 federal road, which passes the ridge to the east, the B 218, which runs along the southwestern edge of the feature, the 214, which crosses it from west to east, and the B 402, which runs west of the Ankum Heights. A number of local Landesstraßen and Kreisstraßen roads branch off the B roads and lead to the ridge.
Hills
The highest elevations in the Ankum Heights are the Trillenberg, which is Шаблон:Convert high and is located in the southeastern part, and the Queckenberg, which has a Шаблон:Convert northwestern summit and a Шаблон:Convert southeastern peak and lies in the centre of the range.
The rivers and streams in and near the Ankum Heights include the:
Hase, passing the Ankum Heights to the east; an eastern tributary of the Ems
Fürstenauer Mühlenbach, rises in the middle of the Heights; an eastern tributary of the Deeper Aa in the catchment area of the Großer Aa
Ueffelner Aue, rises in the southeast of the Heights; southwestern tributary of the Hase
Weeser Aa, rises in the southeast, upper course of the Halverder Aa in the catchment area of the Großer Aa
Villages
In the Ankum Heights and in the northwestern part of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park are the following villages:
(in alphabetical order)