The Baumberge lie within the Münsterland district of Coesfeld running in a northwest to southeast direction between Billerbeck in the west, the Rosendahl villages of Darfeld in the northwest, Havixbeck in the east, Nottuln-Schapdetten in the southeast and Nottuln in the south, Schapdetten being situated on the southeastern slopes of the hills themselves.
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Die bei Darfeld am Fuß der Baumberge entspringende und Richtung Nordwesten in die Niederlande fließende Vechte bildet mit der Dinkel ein eigenes kleines Stromsystem.