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 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 Homburg Forest 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 ...

on the eastern flanks of the central line of 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 ...

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 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 ...

to the south, Burgberg to the southwest and the

Vogler The Vogler is a range of hills, up to 460.4 m high, in the Weser Uplands in southern Lower Saxony (Germany). Together with the Solling, the Vogler forms the Solling-Vogler Nature Park which lies a couple of kilometres further south. Ge ...

to the northwest. It lies between the towns of Eschershausen to the north and

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, ...

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

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not a ...

s of the Homburg Forest include (heights in metres above

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

; 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) * Stadtberg (369.2 m) * Wolfsberg (347.3 m) * Kellberg (343.1 m; with the Kellberg Tower, an observation tower; 20 m high) * Heidelberg (319.3 m) * Schiffberg (311.0 m)

Rivers and streams

The rivers and streams in and around the Homburg include: * Eber-/Forstbach (passes the Homburg Forest to the south; tributary of the Weser) *

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 ...

(passes the forest to the north and northeast; tributary of the Weser)

Places of interest

Amongst the places of interest, including

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and

cultural monument A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regist ...

s in the Homburg Forest are: On the Großer Homburg (ca. ) stands the Homburg, a ruined castle from whose tower there is a good view of the area. Another good observation point is the ellburg Tower (''Kellburgturm'', 20 m high) on the Kellberg hill (343,1 m) to the east of Stadtoldendorf. Also worth seeing is the abbey of Amelungsborn, which is west of the Homburg on the southern edge of Das Odfeld. Natural monuments include the Seven Brothers' Beech (''Sieben-Brüder-Buche'') and the Tentrus Oak (''Tentruseiche'').

References

{{reflist Central Uplands [ ategory:Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Holzminden (district)