Kalkriese

Kalkriese is a hill with an altitude of 157 m (515 ft) situated near Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is considered by archaeologists to be the likely site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, taking the Romans' saltus Teutoburgiensis (Teutoburg Pass) to be a reference to the strip of cultivated land with a width of 220 m (720 ft) which lies between Kalkriese and a large area of wetland to its north. The passage along the northern slope of Kalkriese is a difficult one because of the need to cross many deep brooks and rivulets.