The Giesen Hills (german: Giesener Berge) are a ridge, up to 242.5 metres high,
in the district of
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
in the German state of
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 ...
.
Geography
The ridge of the Giesen Hills is located in the extreme north of the
Innerste Uplands
The Innerste Uplands (german: Innerstebergland) is a landscape region up to 359 m high and covering an area of over 900 km² in the northern part of the German Central Uplands. It lies within the eastern part of the Weser-Leine Uplands ...
, a northeastern element of the
Lower Saxon Hills The Lower Saxon Hills (german: Niedersächsisches Bergland) are one of the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands (german: Weserb ...
. It lies between sections of the River
Innerste to the east and the River
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, t ...
to the west, north of
Himmelsthür (northwest of
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
) and south of
Giesen
Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.
The municipality includes five villages:
* Ahrb ...
.
Description
The Giesen Hills reach their highest point in an unnamed summit, 162.6 metres high. The wooded northern part of the ridge is crossed by a few footpaths and forest tracks. Towards the east the land falls away to the Innerste, that flows close by the ridge from south to north. To the west the hills descend gradually towards the Leine, that runs past them, also in a south to north direction, some 6 kilometres away.
Immediately adjacent to the Giesen Hills to the south is a local
military training area, on whose western edge the Osterberg (181
m above NN) rises, but which is not considered part of this landscape unit. The
B 6 federal road runs past the ridge to the east – roughly parallel to the Innerste – and still further east is the
Hildesheim Canal, which runs from north to south along, and a section of the
A 7 motorway.
Settlements
The settlements around the Giesen Hills are:
Giesen
Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.
The municipality includes five villages:
* Ahrb ...
(on the northern rim) and
Himmelsthür (to the northwest of
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
; on the southern edge).
References
[Height taken from the topographical overview map (DTK 25; siehe teils starke Kartenvergrößerung), at natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de]
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Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony
Ridges of Lower Saxony
Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands