Westerberg (Lamstedt)
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The Westerberg is a low ridge in North Germany in the north of the collective municipality of Börde Lamstedt
in the state of Lower Saxony
. It is covered with mixed forest and, like the nearby Wingst
ridge, it is an end moraine from the Saale glaciation period. Together with the Wingst it forms part of the eastern boundary of Land Hadeln
.
The Georgenhöhe ("George Heights") is its highest elevation at 66 metres (216.5 ft).
In the middle of the Westerberg woods are inter alia a megalithic grave or dolmen
, the Steinofen and a "stone garden", a collection of 106 examples of glacial erratics.
The erratics are evidence of the impact of the ice age
on the region.
Börde Lamstedt
Börde Lamstedt is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 35 km east of Bremerhaven, and 15 km north of Bremervörde...
in the state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
. It is covered with mixed forest and, like the nearby Wingst
Wingst (ridge)
The Wingst is a ridge, up to 74 metres high, in northern Lower Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The ridge is located in northeast part of the district of Cuxhaven, just a few kilometres south of the mouth of the River Elbe on the North Sea coast, and west of the lower reaches of the Oste between...
ridge, it is an end moraine from the Saale glaciation period. Together with the Wingst it forms part of the eastern boundary of Land Hadeln
Land Hadeln
Land Hadeln is a historic landscape and former administrative district in North Germany with its seat in Otterndorf on the lower reaches of the River Elbe, in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between the estuaries of the Elbe and Weser...
.
The Georgenhöhe ("George Heights") is its highest elevation at 66 metres (216.5 ft).
In the middle of the Westerberg woods are inter alia a megalithic grave or dolmen
Dolmen
A dolmen—also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, dolmain , cromlech , anta , Hünengrab/Hünenbett , Adamra , Ispun , Hunebed , dös , goindol or quoit—is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of...
, the Steinofen and a "stone garden", a collection of 106 examples of glacial erratics.
The erratics are evidence of the impact of the ice age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
on the region.