The Kuiperberg (Lower Saxon: Kupersbearg) is a 71 meter (according to the Rijksdriehoeksmeting) high hill in the municipality of Dinkelland in Twente in the Dutch province of Overijssel[1]. The top of the Kuiperberg lies just west of Ootmarsum.[2]
The Kuiperberg is part of the moraine which stretches from Ootmarsum to Uelsen in Germany. Other hills of this moraine are the Braamberg (76 m) and further north the Overijsselse Galgenberg (68 m). The highest point is the Poascheberg (Paascheberg) (89 m), not to be confused with the Paasberg (80 m) on the Oldenzaal moraine.
The lateral moraine complex of Ootmarsum and Uelsen originated during the Saalien. Here, the land ice pushed the then frozen subsoil, consisting of Tertiary marine sediments and Pleistocene deposits, sideways and stacked up like large scales on top of each other. The Pleistocene deposits have largely disappeared due to erosion, which means that the Tertiary material now occurs at or near the surface. The lateral moraine is recognizable in the landscape as high and lower hill complexes and are cut by a few well-developed valleys. The complex is immaculate in shape and very representative of the glacial landscape in the Netherlands and is therefore of great geological and geomorphological value.[3]
The Jewish cemetery of Ootmarsum is located on the Kuiperberg and dates from approximately 1786.
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