Homburg Forest
The Homburg Forest (german: Homburgwald or just ''Homburg'') also known as the Homburg Hills (''Homburger Berge'') is an area of upland up to in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Geography The Homburg Forest is located in the district of Holzminden on the eastern flanks of the central line of the Weser Uplands between the uplands and ridges of the Hils to the northeast, the Elfas to the east, the Holzberg to the south, the Amtsberge to the south-southeast, the Solling to the south, Burgberg to the southwest and the Vogler to the northwest. It lies between the towns of Eschershausen to the north and Stadtoldendorf to the south; a section of the B 64 federal highway from Eschershausen to Einbeck runs past it to the west, north and east. Hills The hills of the Homburg Forest include (heights in metres above Normalnull; NN: * unnamed hill (406.1 m) * Großer Homburg (403 m; with the Homburg, incl. its castle tower) * Till (399.2 m) * Kohlenberg (396.7 m) * Stadt ...
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Stadtoldendorf
Stadtoldendorf is a town in the center of the Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stadtoldendorf is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf. Government Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2006-2011: * CDU: 10 * SPD: 5 * Grünen: 1 * FDP: 1 Culture Museums * Stadtmuseum im Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus * Freilichtmuseum Mühlenanger Buildings * Försterbergturm, from the 13th century * Hagentorturm * Kellbergturm * Homburg castle, above old village * Altes Rathaus (from 1875) * Ratskeller (from 1621) * Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus Notable people * Kurt Matzdorf Kurt J. Matzdorf, also known as Kurtheinz J. Matzdorf (1922 – 2008), was a German-born American jewelry designer, metalsmith (which included silversmith, goldsmith) and an educator. He was Professor Emeritus at State University of New York at ... (1922 – 2008), metalsmith, professor References Towns in Lower Saxony Holzmind ...
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Holzberg (ridge)
The Holzberg is a small range of hills up to in south Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography The forested ridge of the Holzberg is located in the district of Holzminden at the junction of the Leine Uplands in the east and the Weser Uplands in the west. It lies northeast of the Solling between Stadtoldendorf and the Homburg Forest to the north, the Elfas to the northeast, the Amtsberge to the east, from which it is separate by the small valley of the Teichbach, and Dassel to the southeast. The eastern part of the Holzberg is called the Denkiehausen Forest (''Denkiehäuser Wald'') Several streams rise on the Holzberg ridge that, sooner or later, become tributaries of the Leine and Weser. Its northern foothills are drained by the Lenne (an eastern tributary of the Weser) which rises in the area and flows northwest; its eastern slopes by the Teichbach (northern tributary of the Spüligbach); its southern foothills by the upper course of the Spüligbach (northwestern tributary of the Ilme ...
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Lenne (Weser)
Lenne is river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a long, right-hand, eastern tributary of the river Weser in the district of Holzminden in the Weser Uplands. Course The Lenne rises on the northern edge of the Holzberg ridge. Its source is located at on the terrain of the parish of Wangelnstedt, above the village of Linnenkamp in ''Wolpersgrund'' field. The Lenne flows in a predominantly northwesterly direction through the villages of Linnenkamp and Wangelnstedt, where it passes the uplands of Elfas (max. ) to the west. After the village of Lenne the Lenne runs northeast past the hills of the Homburg Forest (max. ) and through the town of Eschershausen (with its suburb of Scharfoldendorf), from where it passes between the two ridges of the Ith (max. ; some distance off) to the north and Vogler (max. ) to the south. As it does, the Lenne flows through Oelkassen and Kirchbrak and passes the village of (a borough of Bodenwerder), where it is joined by its largest tributary, ...
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Homburg (Stadtoldendorf)
Homburg or Hombourg may refer to Places In Germany * Homburg, Saarland, capital of the Saarpfalz district of Saarland * Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, town and spa in Hesse * Homburg Forest, (''Homburgwald'') a hill range in Lower Saxony * Homburg, a quarter of Triefenstein, Bavaria * Homburg Castle, in Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bad Homburg Castle or Schloss Bad Homburg, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe * Reichsherrschaft Homburg, a small state around the castle from 1276 to 1806 In France * Hombourg, a commune in Haut-Rhin * Hombourg-Budange, a commune in Bas-Rhin * Hombourg-Haut, a commune in Moselle Elsewhere * Homburg, Switzerland, municipality in the canton of Thurgau * Hombourg, Belgium, a village in the municipality of Plombières People with the surname * Eril Homburg (born 1936-2017), Australian basketball player * Ernst Homburg (born 1952), Dutch chemist and historian * Hermann Homburg (1874–1964), South Australian politician and lawyer, son of Robert * Robert Ho ...
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Großer Homburg
The Großer Homburg is a hill, , in the Homburgwald, part of the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony. The Großer Homburg is located in the district of Holzminden above and north of the town of Stadtoldendorf and a couple of kilometres south of Eschershausen. On the summit of the Großer Homburg are the castle ruins of the Homburg. There is a good view from the tower of the castle - for example south towards the Solling hills, where the highest hill in the Weser Uplands, the Große Blöße can be seen. On the western slopes of the Großer Homburg there are quarries where gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywall. ...