Egge is the name of various elongated hill crests or ridges in the Low German dialect. It may also refer to:

Places

Germany

  • Egge (Lower Saxon Hills), a long ridge in the Lower Saxon Hills that continues the Teutoburg Forest to the south.
  • Egge, a historical name for the river Egau, a tributary of the river Danube
  • Eggeberg (Egge region) (437 m), a hill in the Egge Region near Veldrom (Horn-Bad Meinberg), Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Große Egge (312 m), a hill in the Teutoburg Forest, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Lutternsche Egge (256 m), a hill in the Wiehen Hills, near Volmerdingsen (Bad Oeynhausen), Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Egge (Wiehen Hills) (220.2 m), a side ridge of the Wiehen Hills that gives its name to the Eggetal valley, in Osnabrück and Minden-Lübbecke, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Hörster Egge (206 m), a high point in the Teutoburg Forest near Billinghausen (Lage), Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Schleptruper Egge (146.9 m), a hill in the Wiehen Hills, near Schleptrup (Bramsche), Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
  • Larberger Egge (82.5 m) a high point near Achmer (Bramsche), Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
  • Kleine Egge, a hill in the Teutoburg Forest near Kohlstädt (Schlangen), Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia

Norway

  • Egge, Buskerud, a village in the municipality of Lier in Viken county
  • Egge, Nord-Trøndelag, a former municipality (1869-1964) in the old Nord-Trøndelag county
  • Egge, Innlandet, a village in the municipality of Gran in Innlandet county
  • Egge, Vestland, a village in the municipality of Gloppen in Vestland county
  • Egge Church, a church in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county

Other uses

See also


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