Reliefkarte Homburg, Elfas, Holzberg, Amtsberge

The Amtsberge are a small ridge of hills, up to ,''Wandern und Freizeit im Naturpark Solling-Vogler'', topographische Karte (1:50.000; 1975),
Hrsg.: Niedersächsisches Landesverwaltungsamt – Landesvermessung near

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. Geography The city covers an area of . Buildings and streets make up about 10% of this area while 26% ...

in southern

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Geography

The densely wooded ridge of the Amtsberge is located on the boundary between the districts of

Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document ...

(which is home to the larger part of the Amtsberge) and

Holzminden Holzminden (; nds, Holtsminne) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Histor ...

(which contains the northwestern portion of the Amtsberge) and also on the boundary between the

Leine Uplands The Leine Uplands (german: Leinebergland, ) is a region in Germany's Central Uplands which forms a part of the Lower Saxon Hills and lies along the River Leine between Göttingen and Hanover. It borders on the Weser Uplands in the west, the Inne ...

to the east and the

Weser Uplands The Weser Uplands (German: ''Weserbergland'', ) is a hill region in Germany, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica, along the river Weser. The area reaches into three states, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Important ...

to the west. It lies northeast of the

Solling The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills ...

range between

Stadtoldendorf Stadtoldendorf is a town in the center of the Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stadtoldendorf is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, ...

in the northwest, the

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 o ...

in the north-northwest, the

Elfas The Elfas is a range of hills up to in the districts of Holzminden and Northeim in Lower Saxony (Germany). Its name is derived from the Lower Saxon word ''Fast'', which means an area of upland that descends on two sides. Geographical location ...

to the north-northeast,

to the south and the ridge of Holzberg to the west, from which it is only separated by the little valley of the Teichbach stream. Several streams rise within the Amtsberge that are tributaries of the rivers

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...

and

Leine The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, ...

. The northwestern foothills of the Amtsberge are passed by the upper reaches of the River

Lenne The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany. It has caused flooding in recent years. Having its source on top of the ''Kahler Asten'' near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the Len ...

(an eastern tributary of the Weser) flowing northwest. The southern end of the hills is passed by the middle reaches of the Spüligbach (northwestern tributary of the

Ilme The Ilme is a left-bank, western tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is long. The river begins at the pond in the centre of the Solling hills at an elevation of and flows initially northwards to Dassel, then in an eas ...

) heading southeast. To the east are the middle reaches of the

Bewer The Bewer is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left, northern tributary of the River Ilme. It flows solely through the municipal territory of the borough of Dassel. Course The Bewer rises in the middle of the Elfas hills and is their mo ...

Hills

Amongst the hills of the Amtsberge are the following − sorted by height in metres above sea level (NN): * Belzer Berg (392.2 m) * * Hatop (370.4 m) * ''Teichklippe'' (up to 350 m) * Wendeberg (343.6 m) * Heimkenberg (320.4 m) * Hill crowned by Hunnesrück castle ruins (317.0 m) * Rothenberg (270 m) * a

trigonometric point A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. The nomenclature varies regionally: they a ...

(at 375.6 m) lies on the northwest slope of the Belzer Berg

Streams and rivers

Amongst the streams and rivers in and around the Amtsberge are the: *

(northwestern tributary of the

) *

(eastern tributary of the

) * Reißbach (western tributary of the Bewer) * Spüligbach (northwestern tributary of the Ilme) * Teichbach (northern tributary of the Spüligbach)

Places

Places in and on the Amtsberge: *

– to the south * Heinade – to the west *

– to the northwest * Wangelnstedt – to the north

Places of interest

Apart from the charm of its woods, the places of interest in the Amtsberge include the ''Teichklippe'' crags, that are located on the ridge between Mackensen and Denkiehausen, and the ruins of

Hunnesrück Castle Hunnesrück Castle (german: Burg Hunnesrück) was a hilltop castle built in the 13th century. Its ruins are located in the Amtsberge hills near Dassel in the district of Northeim in south Lower Saxony in Germany. The castle was constructed in t ...

, that lie south of the ridge north of Dassel and between Mackensen and

Hunnesrück Hunnesrück is a village and part (''Ortschaft'') of Dassel, district Northeim, Lower Saxony. Geography The village is located about 3 miles north of the old town of Dassel in a rural area, right east of Amtsberge. History Today's village is l ...

References

{{Reflist Central Uplands Ridges of Lower Saxony Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands