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in the Ankum
Heights are the Trillenberg, which is 140 metres (460 ft) high and is located in the southeastern part, and the Queckenberg, which has a 140 metres (460 ft) northwestern summit and a 137 metres (449 ft) southeastern peak and lies in the centre of the range.
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The densely forested Ankum
Heights, which are about 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and only a few kilometres wide, lies roughly 34 kilometres (21 mi) north-northwest of the city of
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Together with their almost symmetrical counterpart, the Damme Hills, the Ankum
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In the Ankum
Heights and in the northwestern part of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park are the following villages:
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Fürstenauer Mühlenbach, rises in the middle of the
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Near the Ankum
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in the northeast. The southeastern foothills of the ridge, which form the northwestern part of the
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Ueffelner Aue, rises in the southeast of the
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the silhouetter of the Ankum
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The rivers and streams in and near the Ankum
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federal road, which passes the ridge to the east, the
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roads branch off the B roads and lead to the ridge.
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309:Schnaatberg (approximately 125 m)
325:Weserberg (approximately 120 m)
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300:Queckenberg (140 bzw. 137 m)
496:Neuenkirchen (Samtgemeinde)
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194:Berg also belong to this
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306:Krippenfeldberg (125 m)
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153:Oldenburg Münsterland
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356:Schillerberg (100 m)
350:Heiligenberg (104 m)
312:Beester Berg (124 m)
303:Schillerberg (133 m)
503:Neuenkirchen-Vörden
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472:Bersenbrück
446:Eggermühlen
371:Waterbodies
231:prehistoric
184:Damme Hills
178:stage. The
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110:Bersenbrück
534:Categories
451:Kettenkamp
279:elevations
188:Kellenberg
66:Kälberberg
494:(part of
482:Fürstenau
426:Alfhausen
402:Weeser Aa
394:Großer Aa
384:tributary
192:Brelinger
176:Drenthe I
106:Fürstenau
94:Osnabrück
86:Osnabrück
56:Geography
26:‹See Tfd›
487:Herzlake
477:Bramsche
409:Villages
225:Several
190:and the
149:Hümmling
143:and the
102:Bramsche
98:Herzlake
96:between
519:Ueffeln
509:Nortrup
386:of the
233:times.
221:History
215:Artland
165:ice age
159:Geology
145:Emsland
90:Emsland
48:on the
514:Rieste
456:Merzen
441:Bippen
227:tumuli
186:, the
182:, the
120:lake.
118:Alfsee
30:German
436:Berge
431:Ankum
273:Hills
255:B 402
247:B 218
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380:Hase
263:and
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