Salzgitter Hills
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The Salzgitter Hills is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059.4 ft) in height, in 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 Salzgitter
Salzgitter
Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...

 and Goslar
Goslar
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

 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
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...

.

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:
  • Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenbergen)
    (up to 254.2 m high; between Holle
    Holle
    Holle is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southeast of Hildesheim, and 15 km west of Salzgitter. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.- External links :...

     and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen)
  • North central section
    (up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad
    Salzgitter-Bad
    With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter's name derives from it; the quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre of Salzgitter.-History:...

    )
  • South central section
    (up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg
    Liebenburg
    Liebenburg is a village and a municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated within the eastern Innerste Uplands, approx...

    )
  • southern section
    (up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Vienenburg-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)



The Salzgitter Hills is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059.4 ft) in height, in 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 Salzgitter
Salzgitter
Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...

 and Goslar
Goslar
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

 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
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...

.

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:
  • Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenbergen)
    (up to 254.2 m high; between Holle
    Holle
    Holle is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southeast of Hildesheim, and 15 km west of Salzgitter. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.- External links :...

     and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen)
  • North central section
    (up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad
    Salzgitter-Bad
    With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter's name derives from it; the quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre of Salzgitter.-History:...

    )
  • South central section
    (up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg
    Liebenburg
    Liebenburg is a village and a municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated within the eastern Innerste Uplands, approx...

    )
  • southern section
    (up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Vienenburg-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)



The Salzgitter Hills is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059.4 ft) in height, in 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 Salzgitter
Salzgitter
Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...

 and Goslar
Goslar
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

 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
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...

.

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:
  • Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenbergen)
    (up to 254.2 m high; between Holle
    Holle
    Holle is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southeast of Hildesheim, and 15 km west of Salzgitter. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.- External links :...

     and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen)
  • North central section
    (up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad
    Salzgitter-Bad
    With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter's name derives from it; the quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre of Salzgitter.-History:...

    )
  • South central section
    (up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg
    Liebenburg
    Liebenburg is a village and a municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated within the eastern Innerste Uplands, approx...

    )
  • southern section
    (up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Vienenburg-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)


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