The Salzgitter Hills (, also Salzgitterscher Höhenzug) is an area of upland up to 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 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 in Salzgitter-Salder.
The Salzgitter Hills can be divided into these four unnamed sections: Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenberge)(up to 254.2 m high; between Holle and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen) North-central section(up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad) South-central section(up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg) Southern section(up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Goslar-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)
Hills The hills of the Salzgitter range include (in order of height in m above NN):
Northwest section 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: Sieben Köpfe (243 m; bei Gustedt; eastern part) Gustedter Berg (ca. 230 m; central part) Elber Berg (225 m; western part)
North-central section
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
Sieben Köpfe (near Othfresen; their highest is): Bärenkopf (307.0 m) – with the ruins of an observation tower Döhrenberg (ca. 240 m) Rohenberg (ca. 240 m) Lewer Berg (227.0 m) Kassebusch (204.2 m)
Southern section
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)
Bodies of water Streams and rivers The streams and rivers in and on the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Fuhse – passes to the east of the northern central and northwestern sections Hengstebach – rises west of the northern central section in der municipality of Elbe; eastern tributary of the Innerste Innerste – passes the hills to the west Oker – passes east of the southern section Warne – rises on the transition from the northern to the southern central section near Salzgitter-Bad; western tributary of the Oker
Lakes The lakes in and around the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Reihersee – in the north of the northern central section; south of Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen Fortunateich – in the north of the southern section; east of Liebenburg-Heißum Morgensternteich – in the south of the southern section; northeast of Goslar-Hahndorf
Settlements
Amongst the (generally larger) villages and towns in and around the Salzgitter Hills (from northwest to southeast) are:
Holle – a few kilometres west of the western end of the northwest section (Landkreis Hildesheim) Baddeckenstedt – southwest of northwest section (Landkreis Wolfenbüttel) Wartjenstedt – west of the western end of the northwest section Burgdorf (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – northwest of the northwest section Elbe (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – south of the northwest section Haverlah (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – southwest of northern central section Salzgitter – in the northern parts of the northwest section and the northern central section (kreisfreie Stadt) Osterlinde – north of the northwest section Lichtenberg – north of the northwest section Gebhardshagen – on the transition of the northwestern section to the northern central section Bad – on the transition from the northern to the southern central section Ringelheim – west of the transition from the northern to the southern central section Liebenburg – on the transition from the northern to the southern central section (Landkreis Goslar) Dörnten – west of the southern section Groß Döhren – east of the southern section Othfresen – south of the southern central section Vienenburg – a few kilometres east of the southern section (Landkreis Goslar) Immenrode (western village of Vienenburg) – southeast of the southern section Weddingen – southeast of the southern section Goslar – south of the extreme southern end of the southern section (Landkreis Goslar) Hahndorf (northern village of Goslar) – south of the southern section Jerstedt (northwestern village of Goslar) – southwest of southern section
Sources
Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde and Raumforschung: Geographische Landesaufnahme 1:200000. Naturräumliche Gliederung Deutschlands. Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 86 Hannover. Bad Godesberg 1960
External links Landschaftsschutzgebiet im Landkreis Goslar (PDF-Datei; 2,56 MB) Aktiver Naturschutz im Salzgitter-Höhenzug
References