Salzgitter Hills

The Salzgitter Hills (above right) form a ridge bounding the northeast and east of the Innerste Uplands

The Salzgitter Hills (German: Salzgitter-Höhenzug, also Salzgitterscher Höhenzug) is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059 ft) in height, in the Lower Saxon Hills between Salzgitter and Goslar in the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Goslar and in the territory of the independent town of Salzgitter. The hills lie in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.

The German name of Salzgitter-Höhenzug is a term used in the northern Harz Foreland, albeit not found on maps, and is used to mean the string of hills north of the Harz Mountains between the towns mentioned above.

The state forest of the Salzgitter Hills is managed by several Lower Saxony forestry offices, including the Revierförsterei Salder in Salzgitter-Salder.

The Salzgitter Hills is divided into these four unnamed section:


Hills

The hills of the Salzgitter range include (in order of height in m above NN):

Northwest section (between Holle and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen):

Lichtenberge:

  • Adlershorst (254.2 m)
  • Burgberg (241.1 m) – with the ruins of Lichtenberg Castle
  • Herzberg (237 m)
  • Langer Berg (230.4 m)
  • Kalkrosenberg (220 m)
  • Lindenberg (219.2 m)
  • Friesenberg (217 m)
  • Steinkuhlenberge (200.9 m and 195.1 m)
  • Bockernberg (190 m)

South of the Lichtenberge and also in the northwest section is a ridge that is separated from them by the valley of the Oelber Bach, in which the village of Oelber on white hills and the settlement of Altenhagen lies. It consists of the following:

North central section (between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad):

  • Hamberg (275.3 m) – with the Bismarck Tower
  • Dahlenberg (263.8 m; west of Haus Harbeck)
  • Knickeln Berg (263.6 m; south of Dahlenberg)
  • Schellenberg (259.9 m; north of Haus Harbeck)
  • Königsberg (241.9 m; near Calbecht)
  • Großer Vorberg (ca. 235 m)
  • Kleiner Vorberg (228.1 m)
  • Vorberg (226.0 m)
  • Heinemannshöhe (222.2 m)
  • Friesenberg (217 m)
  • Schneidlersberg (198.0 m and 192.3 m; east of the L472)
  • Fuchsberg (192.3 m; east of the L472)

South central section (between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg):

  • Sieben Köpfe (near Othfresen; their highest is):
  • Döhrenberg (ca. 240 m)
  • Rohenberg (ca. 240 m)
  • Lewer Berg (227.0 m)
  • Kassebusch (204.2 m)

southern section (between Liebenburg and Vienenburg-Immenrode):

  • Vier Berge (322.9 m)
  • Fischerköpfe (309.1 m)
  • Querberg (303.4 m)
  • Königsberg (293.9 m; near Weddingen)
  • Meseburg (291.0 m)
  • Barley (288.4 m)
  • Langenberg (287.3 m)
  • Glockenberg (284.4 m)
  • Schneeberg (282.6 m)
  • Försterberg (279.2 m)
  • Frankenberg (269.2 m)
  • Grotenberg (256.1 m)

Waterbodies

Streams and rivers

The streams and rivers in and on the Salzgitter Hills include the:

Lakes

The lakes in and around the Salzgitter Hills include the:

Settlements

Ruins of Lichtenberg Castle from the south. Behind: the village of Lichtenberg

Amongst the (generally larger) villages and towns in and around the Salzgitter Hills (from northwest to southeast) are:

Sources

References

    Coordinates: 52°3′N 10°22′E / 52.050°N 10.367°E / 52.050; 10.367

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