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.

Geography

The Vogler 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 ...

between the hills of the Ith to the north, the

Hils The Hils is a range of hills in Germany's Central Uplands that is up to 480.4 m high. It is located in the districts of Landkreis Holzminden, Holzminden, Landkreis Hildesheim, Hildesheim and Landkreis Northeim, Northeim, in the state of Lowe ...

to the northeast, 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 east, 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 southeast, the Solling to the south and the Burgberg to the south-southwest. It also lies in the triangle formed by the towns of Bevern,

Bodenwerder The ''Münchhausenstadt'' Bodenwerder is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the river Weser and is best known as the birthplace and residence of Baron von Münchhausen. Geography Bodenwerder is located in ...

and

Eschershausen Eschershausen is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of Holzminden, and 50 km south of Hanover. Eschershausen was the seat of the former ''Samtgemeinde'' ...

. The River Weser flows by the Vogler to the west heading north to the North Sea. To the north the Lenne, a western tributary of the Weser runs past in a northwesterly direction. The Vogler drops steeply to the Weser through a height of 220 m. Nestling in its northern foothills is the village of Heinrichshagen, where

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler (german: Heinrich der Vogler or '; la, Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he ...

was supposed to have trapped birds.

Geology

The underlying rocks of the Vogler stem from the

Bunter sandstone The Buntsandstein (German for ''coloured'' or ''colourful sandstone'') or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe. The Buntsands ...

geological period.

Places of interest

The places of interest, including natural and cultural monuments, in the Vogler include: On the

Ebersnacken At above sea level the Ebersnacken is the highest hill in the forested uplands of the Vogler in Lower Saxony, Germany. The hill is situated in the district of Holzminden about half way as the crow flies between Bodenwerder to the northwest and ...

(460.4 m) stands the Ebersnacken Tower, an observation tower, from which there is a good all-round view over the Vogler. Other such towers are the Bodo Tower (412 m) and the Königszinne (255,0 m). Also worth visiting is the monastery at

Amelungsborn Amelungsborn Abbey, also Amelunxborn Abbey (''Kloster Amelungsborn''), is a Lutheran monastery in Germany. It is located near Negenborn and Stadtoldendorf, in the ''Landkreis'' of Holzminden in the Weserbergland. It was the second oldest Cisterc ...

, which is southeast of the Vogler on the southwestern edge of the Odfelds.

Hills

The hills in the Vogler include the following:

Towns and villages

The towns and villages in and around the Vogler include:

External links

The portal for the Vogler region
{{Coord, 51, 56, N, 9, 34, E, type:mountain_elevation:460_region:DE-NI, display=title Central Uplands Hill ranges of Lower Saxony