Dransfeld Municipal Forest

The Dransfeld Municipal Forest (german: Dransfelder Stadtwald) is situated on a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands that ascends to 480 m high. It is located in the district of Göttingen, in

South Lower Saxony South Lower Saxony (german: Südniedersachsen) refers to the southern part of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The region so described is neither historically nor geographically clearly defined to the north within Lower Saxony. It cuts acr ...

. Although its name suggests a forest within a town, Dranfeld Municipal Forest is actually a small, heavily forested high ridge that lies about halfway between the city of Göttingen to the northeast and the town of Hann. Münden to the southwest; it is east of the

Bramwald The Bramwald is a range of hills up to in the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony (Germany). It is a unique, natural, wild, hill and forest landscape. This is particularly so in the north around the Totenberg. Geography The Bramwald in the nor ...

and immediately south of the city of

Dransfeld Dransfeld is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km west of Göttingen. Dransfeld is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Dransfeld. Infrastructure ...

. The B3 federal highway runs through the western foothills of the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, located in the northern part of the

Münden Nature Park The Münden Nature Park lies within the district of Göttingen, in south Lower Saxony in Germany. Geography This large and densely wooded nature park was founded in 1959 within the borders of the now defunct district of Münden. It is just ...

. Named hills in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest include: * Hoher Hagen (originally 508 m) - with its

Gauß Tower The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower. The tower is named for ...

* Brunsberg (480 m) * Hengelsberg (463 m) - with the source of the

Auschnippe Auschnippe (German for 'cut out') is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows on the west side of Adelebsen before following through Dransfeld and then into the Schwülme. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German stat ...

and the nearby "Giesekestein" monument * Dransberg (422 m) * Schotsberg (419 m) * Lohberg (312 m) Central Uplands Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Geography of Lower Saxony {{Göttingen-geo-stub