Porta Westfalica

Worth seeing in and around Porta Westfalica

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Emperor William Monument

   The Emperor William Monument, near the town of Porta Westfalica in the North Rhine-Westphalian county of Minden-Lübbecke, is a colossal monument above the Weser gorge of Porta Westfalica, the "Gateway to Westphalia". It was erected to honour the first German Emperor, William I, by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between 1892 and 1896 and emerged against the background of a rising German national identity.

   3.7 km · colossal monument near Porta Westfalica in North Rhine-Westphalian, Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wittekindsberg

   The Wittekindsberg is a hill, 281.48 m above sea level, which forms the easternmost peak of the Wiehen Hills and is also the western guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica, in North Rhine-Westphalia. The hill is well-known, especially as the site of the Emperor William Monument, but also for the Moltke Tower and Wittekind Castle.

   4.4 km · mountain near Porta Westfalica, Germany · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Jakobsberg

   The Jakobsberg is a hill, 235.2 m above sea level, that forms the westernmost peak of the Wesergebirge chain and is the eastern guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica or "Westphalian Gate", in North Rhine-Westphalia. The summit is the site of the Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower, which stands on the site of a former Bismarck Tower, near the Bismarckburg Inn, the Schlageter Monument and the Porta Bluff.

   2.8 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower

   Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower is a 142-metre-tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on the 238-metre-high elevated Jakobsberg near Porta Westfalica. Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower was built May 1, 1974 and September 28, 1978 as replacement for a small telecommunication tower also equipped with an observation deck, which was built in 1952 on the site of the former Bismarck column, erected in 1902.

   2.8 km · tower · Wikipedia

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Getting to Porta Westfalica

Airports

Hannover (HAJ), 58 km · Paderborn Lippstadt (PAD), 71 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 85 km

Stations

Porta Westfalica station, 3.1 km

• Hannover → Porta Westfalica

  58 km · quickest by road, 58 min · €8–11
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• Büren → Porta Westfalica

  79 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · €10–15
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• Greven → Porta Westfalica

  91 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €11–16
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