The Holzberg is a small range of hills up to in south

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 ...

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Geography

The forested ridge of the Holzberg is located in the district of

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 ...

at the junction of 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 Inners ...

in 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 ...

in 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 ...

between

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 loca ...

and 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 ...

to the north, 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 northeast, the

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 in southern Lowe ...

to the east, from which it is separate by the small valley of the Teichbach, and

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% a ...

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 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 ...

and

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 of Bre ...

. Its northern foothills are drained by the

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 Le ...

(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 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 easter ...

) and its western slopes by the Eberbach (southwestern source stream of the Forstbach).

Natural regions

The Holzberg, together with the

hills to the southeast and the

Ellensen Forest Ellensen Forest (German: ''Ellenser Wald'') is a low mountain range in the Leine Uplands, sited at the city of Dassel in South Lower Saxony, Germany. It is named for Ellensen, a district of Dassel. Ellensen Forest lies between Solling and Ahls ...

which lies beyond it, belong to the

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...

known as ''Amtsberge'' (371.04) within the sub-unit of the Northern Solling Foreland (371.0) in the major unit of the Solling Foreland (371) and in the major unit group of the

Weser-Leine Uplands 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 ...

(No. 37). The land transitions to the northwest into the natural region of the Stadtoldendorf Plateau (''Stadtoldendorfer Hochfläche'') (371.02) and to the northeast into the

Hinterland (''Elfasumland'') (371.06). To the southwest is the subunit of the Northern

(370.0) within the major unit of Solling, Bramwald and Reinhardswald (370).

Hills

The highest elevations on the Holzberg ridge include (in metres above NN): * Holzberg (444.5 m) {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten – on the southern rocky slopes of the Holzberg * Unnamed peak (441.3 m) – south of the (western) crags (''Klippen'') * Unnamed peak (405.4 m) – south of the (western) crags * Unnamed peak (436.0 m) – in the central Holzberg * Unnamed peak (397.0 m) – northeast of the (western) crags

Streams

The streams of the Holzberg include the: * Eberbach (southwest source stream of the Forstbach) *

(eastern tributary of the

; rises on the northern edge of the Holzberg) * Spüligbach (northwestern tributary of the Ilme; rises on the southern edge of the Holzberg) * Teichbach (northern tributary of the Spüligbach)

Towns and villages

- to the southeast *

Deensen Deensen is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The internationally well knowned sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard Ursula von Rydingsvard (née Karoliszyn; born 1942) is a sculptor who lives and works in Bro ...

- to the west *

Heinade Heinade is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, 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, ...

- to the south *

- to the north *

Wangelnstedt Wangelnstedt is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Ru ...

- to the northeast

References

Jürgen Hövermann: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 99 Göttingen.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1963. →&nbs
online map
(pdf; 4.1 MB) ''Wandern und Freizeit im Naturpark Solling-Vogler'', Topographical Map (1:50,000; 1975),
Publisher: Niedersächsisches Landesverwaltungsamt – Landesvermessung Central Uplands Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands