Elevation extremes: lowest point: bNeuendorf/b bei Wilster -3.54 m highest point: Zugspitze 2963 m. Natural resources: coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land b...../b A favorite dish is birnen, bohnen und bspeck/b (pears, green beans, and bacon). In the middle of the country, a region near the Netherlands known as Wesphalia is famous for spargel (asparagus), especially white asparagus, and rich, ...