Hildesheim Forest
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The Hildesheim Forest is a range of hills up to in the district of Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

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Geography

The Hildesheim Forest is located in the Innerste Uplands
Innerste Uplands
The Innerste Uplands is a landscape region up to 359 m high and covering an area of over 900 km² in the northern part of the German Central Uplands...

, part of the Lower Saxon Hills
Lower Saxon Hills
The Lower Saxon Hills are one the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands in its wider sense....

, between the valleys of the Leine to the west, the Innerste
Innerste
The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and 95 km in length.- Origin of the name :...

 to the north and the Lamme
Lamme (river)
Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...

 to the east. These densely forested hills, which are bordered to the east by the Sauberge
Sauberge
The Sauberge is a mountain range up to in the Innerste Uplands in the district of Hildesheim in eastern Lower Saxony in Germany.- Location :...

 and lie a few kilometres west-southwest of the Vorholz
Vorholz
The Vorholz is a ridge up to 243 m high in the districts of Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel in the German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :The heavily-wooded Vorholz is located in the north of the Innerste Uplands, part of the Lower Saxon Hills...

, fill an area south of Hildesheim
Hildesheim
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...

, northwest of Bad Salzdetfurth
Bad Salzdetfurth
is a town on the banks of the river Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.-Geography:...

, north of Sibbesse
Sibbesse
Sibbesse is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km south of Hildesheim....

 and southeast of Nordstemmen
Nordstemmen
Nordstemmen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 10 km west of Hildesheim, and 25 km south of Hanover.-External links:...

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Description

The Hildesheim Forest,which attain a height of in the Griesberg, are crossed by numerous waterway
Waterway
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s, hiking trails and forest tracks, but only by one state road, the L 485
Landesstraße
Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district...

, which links Hildesheim via Diekholzen to Sibbesse. In its northwestern part is the Beusterburg, whose circular rampart
Circular rampart
A circular rampart is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering....

s are suggestive of a New Stone Age settlement. In the vicinity of the village of Betheln there is a Bronze Age
Bronze Age
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 burial site (Hügelgräberfeld). Further away from the village there is also a number of brine springs. At the northern end of the Hildesheim Forest is the Heyersum Saltworks (Saline Heyersum). In addition there is a transmission tower
Transmission tower
A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...

 on the Griesberg and several observation tower
Observation tower
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A section of the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway runs through the Hildesheim Forest through three tunnels (see the section on ‘hills’), over bridges and on stretches of open line.

Hills

Amongst the hill
Hill
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s and elevation
Elevation
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s of the Hildesheim Forest are the:
(the tunnels mentioned through 3 of the hills belong to the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway)
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  • Griesberg (358.9 m AMSL; with a transmission tower)
  • Bösenberg (339.0 m)
  • Steinberg (322.6 m)
  • Tosmarberg (319.9 m; with the ruins of a observation tower)
  • Rosenberg (311)
  • Hammberg (306 m)
  • Querberg (302.6 m)
  • Langer Kopf (288 m)
  • Welfenhöhe (282.0 m; with an observation tower, the Kabusturm)
  • Sonnenberg (281.9 m; with the Hildesheim observation tower; 1881)
  • Süllberg (276.6 m)
  • Wohlberg (273 m)
  • Schierenberg (267 m)
  • Auf dem Herze (265.5 m)
  • Eichenberg (263.0 m; with the Eichenberg Tunnel, 1,157 m long)
  • Triesberg (261.0 m)
  • Beusterberg (ca. 260 m; with the circular rampart
    Circular rampart
    A circular rampart is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering....

    s of the Beusterburg)
  • Rottsberg (259 m)
  • Escherberg (257.1 m; with the Escherberg Tunnel, 3,687 m long)

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  • Dröhnenberg (252 m)
  • Hinterberg (249 m)
  • Haiberg (248.0 m)
  • Brandberg (247.0 m)
  • Klusberg (245 m)
  • Lerchenberg (243 m)
  • Hamberg (242.0 m)
  • Steinberg (242 m)
  • Linkkopf (241.3 m)
  • Eggeberg (ca. 240 m; with the Eggeberg Tunnel, 332 m long)
  • Roter Berg (239 m; with Landesstraße
    Landesstraße
    Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district...

    L 485)
  • Kneppelberg (236.3 m)
  • Stuckenberg (227 m)
  • Ziegenberg (218 m)
  • Schieferberg (216 m)
  • Klingenberg (207 m)
  • Emilienhöhe (201 m)

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Waterways

These are some of the stream
Stream
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s that rise in the Hildesheim Forest:
  • Despe (eastern tributary of the Leine)
  • Gehlenbach (western tributary of the Lamme
    Lamme (river)
    Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...

    )
  • Kalte Beuster (right and southeastern source stream of the Beuster
    Beuster (Innerste)
    Beuster is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...

    )
  • Klusbach (western tributary of the Lamme)
  • Warme Beuster (left and northwestern source stream of the Beuster)


The following waterways flow past the Hildesheim Forest:
  • Alme (tributary of the Riehe)
  • Innerste
    Innerste
    The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and 95 km in length.- Origin of the name :...

     (tributary of the Leine)
  • Lamme
    Lamme (river)
    Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...

     (tributary of the Innerste)
  • Leine (tributary of the Aller
    Aller
    The Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway...

    )
  • Riehe (tributary of the Lamme)
  • Trillkebach
    Trillkebach
    Trillkebach is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany....

     (tributary of the Innerste)

Settlements

Town
Town
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s and village
Village
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s in and around the Hildesheim Forest:
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  • Almstedt
    Almstedt
    Almstedt is a town in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. Almstedt consists of the village of Almstedt and the smaller village of Segeste. Each of the villages has a sightworthy old church and well-preserved half-timbered houses. The church in Segeste was built in 1770.-References:...

  • Bad Salzdetfurth
    Bad Salzdetfurth
    is a town on the banks of the river Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.-Geography:...

  • Betheln
    Betheln
    Betheln is a town in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany....

  • Despetal
    Despetal
    Despetal is a town in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany....


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  • Diekholzen
    Diekholzen
    Diekholzen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km southwest of Hildesheim on the Beuster, a tributary of the Innerste....

  • Hildesheim
    Hildesheim
    Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...

  • Nordstemmen
    Nordstemmen
    Nordstemmen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 10 km west of Hildesheim, and 25 km south of Hanover.-External links:...

  • Sibbesse
    Sibbesse
    Sibbesse is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km south of Hildesheim....


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