Wittekindsberg

The Wittekindsberg rises at the eastern end of the Wiehen Hills im Minden-Lübbecke district directly northwest of the village of Barkhausen within the borough of Porta Westfalica, and about 6 km south-southwest of the town of Minden.

The Wittekindsberg is surrounded by the eastern areas of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park that extends from just in front of Bückeburg into the Wesergebirge.

From its observation deck at a height of 13.9 m, there are views of the surrounding hill country as well as the Weser Depression and the southern fringes of the North German Plain.

In 1996, within the Iron Age and Early Medieval refuge castle the foundations of the Church of the Cross (Kreuzkirche) were discovered which, thanks to conservation measures, are now open to the general public.

The Wittekindsberg is covered by a good network of walking trails, including the European long-distance path E11 from which the points of interest on the hill may be reached.