Velmerstot

Velmerstot
Lippische Velmerstot and its memorial
Highest point
Elevation	468 m above sea level (NN) (1,535 ft)
Prominence	120 m ↓ West of Neuenheerse[1]
Isolation	25.6 km → Köterberg (Lippe Uplands)
Coordinates	51°50′00″N 8°57′13″E / 51.8333333°N 8.95361°E / 51.8333333; 8.95361
Geography
Velmerstot North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Parent range	Eggegebirge

The Velmerstot is the northernmost and highest hill in the Eggegebirge ridge in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has two summits, the Prussian Velmerstot (Preußische Velmerstot) (468 m), which lies on the territory of Steinheim-Sandebeck in the county of Höxter, and the Lippe Velmerstot (Lippische Velmerstot) (51°50′26″N 8°37′16″E / 51.84056°N 8.62111°E / 51.84056; 8.62111, 441 m), which is located in the county of Lippe. The whole hill is part of the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park.

During the Cold War, the hill had a NATO and Dutch air defence installations; they left by 1994 and the installations were torn down in 2002/03.

• Hans-Martin Wienke: Silbermühle, Velmerstot und die Höhlen des Teutoburger Waldes. Schnelle, Detmold, o.J. (1982?)

• Nature reserve of Lippischer Velmerstot and Egge-Osthang, Natura2000 entry