Iserlohn Heights
{{Short description|Mountains in Germany}}
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| name = Iserlohn Heights
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| photo = Kraftwerk Gustav Knepper vor Ardey und Iserlohner Hoehe (Elop).jpg
| photo_caption = Distant view from about 50 km to the northwest.
| country = Germany
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| parent = Rhenish Massif
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| highest = Balver Forest
| elevation_m = 545.9
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The Iserlohn Heights is a German highland rising up to {{convert|545.9|m}} above sea level (Balve Forest to the northeast) in the Sauerland region of the Märkische, just south of the city of Iserlohn, with its center located approximately at (Hemer-){{Interlanguage link|Ihmert|de|Ihmert}}.{{Cite web |title=Märkische Verlags- und Druck-GmbH, Potsdam |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004337862__com_130056 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online}}{{Cite web |title=Balve forest mountain peak |url=https://www.sauerland.com/en/outdooractive-pois/balve-forest-mountain-peak |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Sauerland.com |language=en-GB}}
Geography
The Iserlohner Heights extends northward to the immediate vicinity of the central urban areas of Iserlohn and, to the east, Hemer's, and is bounded to the west and east by tributaries of the Ruhr flowing in northern directions.{{Cite web |title=Ruhr-Lenne-Achter {{!}} Radweg im Märkischen Sauerland |url=https://www.maerkisches-sauerland.com/das-maerkische-sauerland/unsere-highlights/ruhr-lenne-achter/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.maerkisches-sauerland.com |language=de}}
The southwest boundary is the valley of the Lenne from below Werdohl over Altena to {{Interlanguage link|Lössel|de|Lössel}} in the southwest of Iserlohn.{{Cite journal |last=Pounds |first=Norman J. G. |date=1951 |title=The Ruhr Area: A Problem in Definition |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40563164 |journal=Geography |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=165–178 |issn=0016-7487}}
In contrast, the eastern boundary is the valley of the Hönne from Neuenrade via Balve including Volkringhausen to approximately the city limits of Hemer.
References
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External links
- [http://geographie.giersbeck.de/karten/ Natural area maps] from the individual sheets 1:200,000 of the Federal Institute for Regional Studies - relevant are the units 3364, 33650, and 33651 on sheet 110 - Arnsberg.
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