Solling
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The Solling is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands 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...

, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

 and North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

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Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills and the third highest after the Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...

 (Wurmberg
Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...

; ) and the Kaufungen Forest (Haferberg
Haferberg
The Haferberg is a hill, , in the Kaufungen Forest in Hesse and Lower Saxony in Germany.- Geography :The densely wooded Haferberg, which is the highest hill in the Münden Nature Park, is located on the border of north Hesse and south Lower Saxony , 1.25 km northwest of the pass of Umschwang,...

; ).

The Solling is a cultural landscape consisting mainly of spruce
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...

 and beech
Beech
Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.-Habit:...

 forests.Oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

 also grows in some areas. Together with the smaller and lower Vogler range and the little Burgberg
Burgberg (ridge)
The Burgberg is a ridge of hills up to high in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :The Burgberg, which belongs to the Solling-Vogler Nature Park, is located in the district of Holzminden in the Weser Uplands between the hill ranges of the Vogler to the north, the Homburgwald to...

 to the north, the Solling is part of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park
Solling-Vogler Nature Park
The Solling-Vogler Nature Park is a nature park in South Lower Saxony in Germany. It has an area of and was established in 1966.The nature park includes the hill ranges of the Solling and the Vogler but also the Burgberg which lies east of Weser valley between the two upland regions...

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Hills

The main hills in the Solling include the following (heights given in m above Normalnull):
  • Große Blöße
    Große Blöße
    At above sea level, the Große Blöße is the highest hill in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park, the Solling and the Weser Uplands .- Geographical location :...

     (527.8 m)
  • Großer Ahrensberg
    Großer Ahrensberg
    At the Großer Ahrensberg is one of the highest hills in the Solling range, which is located in southern Lower Saxony in Germany.This densely wooded hill lies about as the crow flies west-southwest of Dassel between the villages of Hellental and Schießhaus to the north and Silberborn to the south...

     (524.9 m)
  • Moosberg
    Moosberg
    The Moosberg is a 513.0 m high hill in the Solling range, which is located in southwestern Lower Saxony .- Geography :The hill lies in the "Hochsolling", the central and highest part of the Solling, which is surrounded by the Solling-Vogler Nature Park...

     (513.0 m) – with Hochsolling observation tower
  • Vogelherd (ca. 505 m)
  • Dreiberg (493.5 m)
  • Großer Steinberg
    Großer Steinberg (Solling)
    The Großer Steinberg is a high hill in the south of the Solling range. It lies within the district of Northeim, in the southwestern part of the German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :...

     (493 m) – with "Harzblick" observation tower
  • Tünnekenbornstrang (490.1 m)
  • Langenberg (484.6 m)
  • Bärenkopf (473.0 m)
  • Wolfsstrang (468.7 m) – with Gaußstein
  • Schönenberg (457.1 m)
  • Hasselberg (also called the Schrodhalbe; 452.5 m) – with TV tower
  • Hahnenbreite (452.0 m)
  • Alte Schmacht (447.5 m) – with transmission facility
  • Eisernstieg (446.3 m)
  • Strutberg (444 m) – with "Sollingturm" observation tower
  • Großer Lauenberg (442.6 m)
  • Wildenkiel (ca. 441 m)
  • Auerhahnkopf (ca. 440 m)
  • Hengstrücken (424 m)
  • Buchholz (421.7 m)
  • Sonnenköpfe (414.6 m; western peak)
  • Sonnenköpfe (407.0 m; eastern peak)
  • Junge Schmacht (388.0 m)
  • Platte (379.7 m)
  • Sommerberg (364.5 m)
  • Kahlberg (224.7 m)

  • Villages and towns

    Villages and towns in the Solling are:
    • Abbecke
    • Amelith
    • Bad Karlshafen
      Bad Karlshafen
      Bad Karlshafen is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval ward of Helmarshausen...

    • Bevern
      Bevern
      Bevern is the name of the following places in Germany:* Bevern, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein* Bevern, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony...

    • Bodenfelde
      Bodenfelde
      Bodenfelde is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 35 km north of Kassel, and 30 km northwest of Göttingen at the southwest border of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park.-History:Bodenfelde was first...

    • Boffzen
      Boffzen
      Boffzen is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany.Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2001-2006:* CDU: 4* SPD: 10* FDP: 1Boffzen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Boffzen....

    • Dassel
      Dassel
      Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains.-History:...

    • Derental
      Derental
      Derental is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

    • Einbeck
      Einbeck
      Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.-Economy:Einbeck is famous for its 600 year old beer brewery, home of Einbecker Bier, the origin for the term Bock beer...

    • Espol
      ESPOL
      ESPOL was a superset of ALGOL 60 that provided capabilities of what would later be known as Mohols, machine oriented high order languages, such as interrupting a processor on a multiprocessor system...

    • Fohlenplacken
    • Fredelsloh
      Fredelsloh
      Fredelsloh is a village in Lower Saxony in Germany close to the town of Northeim. The town is historically agricultural, but today derives much income from its traditional pottery shops. The village is centred on a very large church, which was formerly a mediaeval nunnery...

  • Fürstenberg
  • Hardegsen
    Hardegsen
    Hardegsen is a town in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southwest of Northeim, and 15 km northwest of Göttingen....

  • Hellental
  • Hilwartshausen
  • Holzminden
    Holzminden
    Holzminden is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located directly on the river Weser, which here is the border to North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:...

  • Höxter
    Höxter
    Höxter is the seat of the Höxter district, and a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel in the centre of the Weser Uplands...

  • Kammerborn
  • Lauenförde
    Lauenförde
    Lauenförde is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany.- ARMS :The arms were granted in 1927 and based on a seal of the Amt Lauenförde from 1779. The lion is the so-called Welfen-lion, indicating that the town belonged to this family. The waves symbolise the Weser...

  • Lauenberg
  • Lüchtringen
  • Mackensen
  • Merxhausen
  • Mühlenberg
  • Neuhaus
  • Nienover
    Nienover
    Nienover is a rural housing estate which is part of Bodenfelde. It is located in the Solling and contains one of the largest deserted medieval towns in northern Europe.- Local history :...

  • Schießhaus
  • Sievershausen
  • Silberborn
  • Schönhagen
  • Schorborn
  • Sohlingen
  • Uslar
    Uslar
    Uslar is a town and a municipality in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, in the south-western part of the district of Northeim, and in the south of the hills of Solling forest which are part of the Weser Uplands.Uslar is located on the German Framework Road....

  • Vahle
  • Wahmbeck

  • Literature

    Johannes Krabbe: Karte des Sollings von 1603, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von
    Hans-Martin Arnoldt, Kirstin Casemir und Uwe Ohanski, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover 2004.

    External links

    • http://www.solling.de
    • http://www.hutewald.de
    • http://www.hackelberg.de
    • Wildpark Neuhaus (with forest museum)
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