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Lüdenscheid topographic map

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Name: Lüdenscheid topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Lüdenscheid, Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51.15512 7.55221 51.27076 7.72326)

Average elevation: 1,260 ft

Minimum elevation: 528 ft

Maximum elevation: 1,926 ft

Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers which both empty into the Ruhr river (which subsequently flows into the Rhine), with three smaller valleys leading to them. The saddle has a height of 420 meters, higher elevations on the watershed are an unnamed hilltop of 505 meters in the north, and the 663 meters high Nordhelle in the Ebbe Mountains range. In the surrounding mountainous area, six dams created reservoirs to regulate the water flow in the Ruhr river and supply drinking water. The mountainous nature of the city's territory gave rise to the nickname "Bergstadt" (mountain town). The original settlement circles around the church built on a ledge of the slope above the saddle.