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The Silberberg is a low hill, 74 metres high, in the
Wingst
Wingst () is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Wingst belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was ...
ridge in the district of
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...
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 ...
.
It is the highest natural elevation in the
Elbe-Weser Triangle, but is overshadowed by the observation tower of the nearby hill of
Deutscher Olymp. It was formed from an
ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gre ...
moraine. There used to be a small silver mine here which gave the hill its name.
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Hills of Lower Saxony
Cuxhaven (district)