The municipality lies partly in the Hüggel hills, that belongs to the Teutoburg Forest Protected Area.
The Teutoburg Forest, a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest fought there in AD 9 between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire.
The highest elevation in the Southern Teutoburg Forest is the Velmerstot (468 m) (south of Horn-Bad Meinberg).
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The Barnacken is located about 3 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Horn, part of the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg, and northwest of the Silberbach stream, which runs in a valley in a southwest to northeast direction through Veldrom to Leopoldstal, and the transition between the Teutoburg Forest and the Eggegebirge hills.
The Dörenberg, the highest elevation in the centre section of the Teutoburg Forest, lies between Bad Iburg and the Georgsmarienhütte village of Oesede, whereby the boundary of both parishs runs over its southern flank, close to the summit.
The Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund OWL (Ostwestfalen-Lippe transport association) is seeking the resumption of passenger services on the Teutoburg Forest Railway (Teutoburger Wald-Eisenbahn) line to Harsewinkel and Verl in December 2016.
There are spas like Bad Salzuflen, Bad Lippspringe, Bad Meinberg and Bad Driburg, as well as numerous climatic and Kneipp spas, on the edtge of the Teutoburg Forest.
The northern part of the nature park begins immediately southeast of Bielefeld and then runs over the southern Teutoburg Forest in a southeasterly direction via Oerlinghausen and Detmold to Horn-Bad Meinberg.