The Süllberg is a ridge, up to , in the
Calenberg Land near
Springe
Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover.
Town structure
* Springe (core settlement, seat of the mayor), population 13,184
* Bennigsen, population 4, ...
in
Hanover Region in the German state of
Lower Saxony.
Location
The Süllberg and its foothills, the
Vörier Berg in the north, and the
Wolfsberg in the northeast, lies a few kilometres east of the
Deister in Germany's
Central Uplands. It rises around 14 kilometres south-southwest of the city of
Hanover on the territory of
Springe
Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover.
Town structure
* Springe (core settlement, seat of the mayor), population 13,184
* Bennigsen, population 4, ...
and the municipality of
Wennigsen, whose boundary runs over the
triple-summit hill. A number of villages lie on the slopes of the ridge or at it feet. These are the Springe villages of
Bennigsen
Bennigsen is a village near Springe in the district of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1974 it has been administered by the municipality of Springe.
The Hanover–Altenbeken railway runs through the village with the local railstation ...
to the south-southeast and
Lüdersen to the east as well as the villages of
Holtensen to the north-northwest and
Bredenbeck to the west where the hills transition to the Deister. The
Bundesstraße 217
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federal road runs about one kilometre west of the Süllberg from north to south.
Geology
The hill was formed during the
Jurassic period.
Walking
There are various hiking trails on the wooded Süllberg. One fork in the tracks between two of its peaks lies at an elevation of . Its actual summit is, however, not accessible on a footpath. There are good views from the edge of the woods and, on clear days, the highest hill in the Harz, the
Brocken, can be made out to the southeast.
Utilization by man
In the 19th century sandstone was quarried in the Süllberg. Even today, numerous sandstone quarries bear witness to the former industry, especially on the western side. In the Second World War there was an anti-aircrate site on the top of the ridge; today a large number of bomb craters and the concrete foundations remain as evidence. In the north, towards Lüdersen, there is a
Cold War
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bunker. This has now been given by the Federal Property Management Agency to a private investor who specialises in the area of archiving and document storage as a backup.
References
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Ridges of Lower Saxony
Hanover Region