Geology in Münsterland

“Geology in Münsterland” deals with the history of this landscape in the north of Westphalia, its geological characteristics and its natural location factors. The landscape name “Münsterland” must, however, be further understood here than the landscape designation, for example, due to historical territories or cultural and economic relations. The geology of a region characterised by a common earth-historical past is described. It includes in the east with the chalk chains of the Teutoburg Forest, the Egge and the Paderborn plateau also peripheral areas of the Weserbergland, in the west and northeast are inevitably excursions to the Lower Rhine and to the Emsland, and in the south are the Hellweg villages as well as the Westernhellweg and the Emscherland — i.e. parts of the Ruhr area — included.