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Teutoburg Forest is a wooded mountain range in northwestern Germany that stretches for about 85 kilometers. It is historically significant as the site of a major battle in 9 CE where Germanic tribes defeated a Roman army, an event that had lasting consequences for European history and the development of German identity.
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Key facts
- Location
- Germany (north-west), Lower Saxony & NRW
- Nearest city
- Bielefeld , Paderborn (to the south), Osnabrück (to the north-west)
- Area
- c. 4,000 km (1,500 sq mi) almost all of it included officially in one of two natural parks: 1,220 km (470 sq mi) ( TERRA.vita Nature Park ) 2,711 km (1,047 sq mi) ( Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park )
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Article
The Teutoburg Forest (/ˈtjuːtəbɜːrɡ/ TEW-tə-burg; German: Teutoburger Wald [ˈtɔʏtoˌbʊʁɡɐ ˈvalt] ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the Teutoburg Forest in 1616 in commemoration of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, which most likely took place at Kalkriese instead.
Geography