The Hoher Hagen is a volcanic hill that is still 480 m high today, in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, in the German district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony.
Geography The hill, which is located south of Dransfeld, is the highest point in the Dransfeld region by a long way. It lies within the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, a hill massif in the Münden Nature Park that is about halfway between Göttingen to the northeast and Hann. Münden to the southwest.
Gauß Tower On top of the Hoher Hagen stands the Gauß Tower, a 51 metre high observation tower at .
Sources Rehkop, Friedel: Stadt Dransfeld. Ein geschichtlicher Rückblick vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Frühzeit. Vol. 1. Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag, 1999. S.196-200,352-360,387-397.
References
External links Further information about the Hoher Hagen School hall of residence and educational establishment on the Hoher Hagen Information on the Gauss Tower on the Hoher Hagen Information on the Hasenmelkerlauf