Dransfeld Municipal Forest

The Dransfeld Municipal Forest (german: Dransfelder Stadtwald) is situated on a ridge in Germany's

Central Uplands The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

that ascends to 480 m high. It is located in the district of

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...

, in South Lower Saxony. Although its name suggests a forest within a town, Dranfeld Municipal Forest is actually a small, heavily forested high ridge that lies about halfway between the city of

to the northeast and the town of

Hann. Münden Hann. Münden (short for Hannoversch Münden) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Münden lies in the district of Göttingen (district), Göttingen at the confluence of the Fulda River, Fulda and Werra rivers, which join to form the Weser. It ha ...

to the southwest; it is east of the Bramwald and immediately south of the city of Dransfeld. The B3 federal highway runs through the western foothills of the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, located in the northern part of the Münden Nature Park. Named

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 in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest include: * Hoher Hagen (originally 508 m) - with its Gauß Tower * Brunsberg (480 m) * Hengelsberg (463 m) - with the source of the Auschnippe and the nearby "Giesekestein" monument * Dransberg (422 m) * Schotsberg (419 m) * Lohberg (312 m) Central Uplands Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Geography of Lower Saxony {{Göttingen-geo-stub