The Rotenberg is a hill range, up to 317.3 m high, in the
Lower Saxon Hills The Lower Saxon Hills (german: Niedersächsisches Bergland) are one of the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands (german: Weserb ...
in southeastern
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 ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
.
Geography
The Rotenberg ridge is oriented northwest-southeast and measures about 14 kilometres long by 2 kilometres wide. It lies in the district of
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
in the southeastern corner of the Lower Saxon Hills. It is located on the southwestern
Harz Foreland
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
roughly between
Wulften to the northwest,
Hattorf am Harz
Hattorf am Harz is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 10 km south of Osterode am Harz.
Hattorf is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipal ...
and
Pöhlde Pöhlde is a village in southern Lower Saxony in Germany. It is part of the town Herzberg am Harz. It has a population of 2207 (1 October 2006). Archaeological excavation has revealed traces of settlement dating to the 2nd through 4th centuries AD. ...
to the north,
Silkerode to the east,
Rhumspringe
Rhumspringe is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Eichsfeld. The source of the river Rhume is at Rhume Spring
The Rhume Spring (german: Rhumequelle) is a large karst spring in the eastern ...
and
Gieboldehausen
Gieboldehausen is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhume, approx. 25 km northeast of Göttingen, and 15 km south of Osterode am Harz. It is part of the Eichsfeld.
Giebol ...
to the south and
Bilshausen to the west. Somewhat further away are
Osterode am Harz
Osterode am Harz, often simply called Osterode (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the Landkr ...
to the north,
Herzberg am Harz to the northeast,
Bad Lauterberg
Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz.
Bad Lauterberg is known ''inter alia' ...
to the east,
Duderstadt
Duderstadt () is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Göttingen.
It is the center and capital of the northern part of the Eichsfeld ("Untereichsfeld"). In earlier times it was the private wealth of the Roman Cat ...
to the south,
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
to the southwest and
Northeim
Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road.
History
Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document r ...
to the northwest.
According to the official classification of
natural regions of Germany
This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis. Polit ...
the ridge belongs to the landscape unit of the
Eichsfeld Basin The Eichsfeld ( or ; English: ''Oak-field'') is a historical region in the southeast of the state of Lower Saxony (which is called "Untereichsfeld" = lower Eichsfeld) and northwest of the state of Thuringia ("Obereichsfeld" = upper Eichsfeld) in th ...
in the
Weser-Leine Uplands The Lower Saxon Hills (german: Niedersächsisches Bergland) are one of the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands (german: Weserb ...
.
The Rotenberg is surrounded by the following other ranges: the
Harz Mountains
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
to the north and, somewhat further away, the
Ohm Hills
The Ohm Hills (german: Ohmgebirge) are a small range of hills up to high and about 50 km² in area. They are part of the Lower Eichsfeld region and are located in the county of Eichsfeld, North Thuringia, Germany.
Geography
The Ohm Hills, ...
to the southeast and the
Göttingen Forest
The Göttingen Forest (german: Göttinger Wald) is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands that is up to 427.5 metres high. It forms part of the Lower Saxon Hills in South Lower Saxony.
Geography
The Göttingen Forest, which is divided in ...
to the southwest.
The Rotenberg hills lie on the
watershed between the
Oder
The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...
and
Beber rivers in the north and the
Rhume
The Rhume is a long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine. Its source is the karstic spring of Rhume Spring in Rhumspringe, south of the Harz mountain range. The water drains with high pressure from the ground of th ...
and
Eller Eller may refer to
* Eller (surname)
*Düsseldorf-Eller, an urban borough of Düsseldorf, Germany
*Ediger-Eller, a community on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
*Eller (Rhume), a river of Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany
** Weilroder ...
rivers in the south. These rivers and the small streams that rise in the hills belong to the catchment area of the
Leine
The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long.
The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, t ...
, several kilometres to the west.
Hills
The hills in and near the Rotenberg include the:
* Rotenberg (317,3 m) – southeast of Pöhlde, near the border with
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
* Schiebehalbe (290 m) – southwest of Pöhlde
* Heimkenberg (274,1 m) – south of Hattorf
* Kethanteichskopf (260 m) – west of Pöhlde
* Rollershauser Kopf (245 m) – southwest of Hattorf
* Hohe Warte (241 m) – north of Wollershausen
* Finnenkopf (238 m) – southeast of Pöhlde
* Bornberg (237 m) – northeast of Rhumspringe
* Spitzenröder Berg (239 m) – east of Rhumspringe
* Bilshäuser Kopf (236 m) – east of Bilshausen
* Mittelberg (236 m) – east of Wollershausen
* Thiershäuser Berg (215 m) – north of Gieboldehausen
Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony
Hill ranges of Lower Saxony
Göttingen (district)
Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands