| Klusenberg | |
|---|---|
  Klusenberg | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 254.33 m above sea level (NHN) (834.4 ft) |
| Listing | Highest elevation in the borough of Dortmund |
| Coordinates | 51°25′20″N7°28′15″E / 51.42222°N 7.47083°E Coordinates: 51°25′20″N7°28′15″E / 51.42222°N 7.47083°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Parent range | Ardey Hills |
The Klusenberg is, at 254.33 m above NHN, the highest elevation on the territory of the city of Dortmund.
Dortmund is, with a population of 586,600 (2017), the third largest city of Germany's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and Germany's eighth largest city. It is the largest city of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area with some 5.1 million (2011) inhabitants, as well as the largest city of Westphalia. On the Emscher and Ruhr rivers, it lies in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and is considered the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of the eastern Ruhr.
The Klusenberg part of the Ardey Hills lies west of the Hohensyburg. To the south its slopes fall away into the Hengsteysee lake. The Klusenberg is wooded with just a few residential houses.
The Ardey Hills are a range of wooded hills, up to 273.8 m above sea level (NN), in the territory of the city of Dortmund and the districts of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis and Unna in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hills form part of the eastern Rhenish Massif and, to a lesser extent, to the Berg-Mark Hills.
The Hengsteysee is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1929 and is one of five reservoirs on the Ruhr.
