Benther Berg
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 Map of a display board on the circular hiking trail around the Benther Berg |
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| height | 173.3 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Dominance | 9.5 km → Süllberg | |
| Notch height | 109 m | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 20 '18 " N , 9 ° 36' 58" E | |
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The Benther Berg is one to 173.3 m above sea level. NN high ridge of the Calenberger Land near Benthe in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The Benther Berg, which is about 3.5 km long and 500 m wide, is located west-southwest of the city of Hanover and directly borders the city limits. It lies between these localities: Lenthe (city of Gehrden ) in the north, each a little off the beaten track in the north-northeast, Velber (city of Seelze ) and the Hanover districts of Badenstedt and Davenstedt in the northeast. Benthe , which belongs to the town of Ronnenberg , is located directly on the mountainside , with the settlement at the Sieben-Trappen-Steinen to the south . Empelde extends beyond or east of Benthe . In the south is on the slope of the Benther Berg Everloh with the manor Erichshof and in the west Northen (both to the city of Gehrden). The federal highway 65 leads past south and east in a roughly west-east direction .
Geology and history
The Benther Berg was created as a result of the arching ( salt tectonics ) in the chalk and in the Tertiary through the Benther salt dome (with salts from the Zechstein in the deeper subsurface), on whose northwest flank it is located. The Benther Berg consists predominantly of middle red sandstone (in the east also lower red sandstone), most of which is only accessible in reading stones. In the west, however, there are partly reading stones from the shell limestone , partly with fossils. To the northeast of Benthe is a large sinkhole 70 m in diameter and 15 m deep, which was created by leaching the salt dome.
Prehistoric barrows from the Bronze Age exist on the Benther Berg . The elevation is named after the village of Benthe, south of the ridge.
description
The Benther Berg is almost completely composed of mixed deciduous forest. In some smaller areas there is spruce forest. Its highest point, which rises about 100 m above the environment, is 173.3 m above sea level. NN and is at the southern end. Immediately to the south-south-west of this point there is an elevated reservoir of the Harz waterworks , which is located on a water pipe from the Harz to Bremen . A point of the Benther Berg north of Benthe lies at 126.6 m above sea level. NN .
Recreation area
The Benther Berg is an important local recreation area for the city of Hanover. It is particularly popular with mountain bikers . The Benther Berg is crossed by several single trails. The Green Ring , a cycle path that circles Hanover, runs along its edge .
The Benther Berg-Terrassen restaurant has been located on the slope of the Benther Berg since the 19th century , previously Erichs Ruh. A stone staircase led from Benthe to the forest restaurant. It was a popular destination, especially for residents of the western part of Hanover. There were also guest rooms for bad weather since the 19th century and electrification from 1896. At the peak there was room for 700 guests in the hall and 1500 on the terrace. There was a military hospital there during World War II. After the war, the restaurant reopened in 1948 and was in operation until 1974. In 1975 it burned down, so that only ruins remain today.
literature
- Discover, experience, understand Hanover's nature . Working group of the Association of German Biologists (Lower Saxony State Association). Edited by Elisabeth von Falkenhausen (among others). Seelze-Velber: Kallmeyer 1998. ISBN 3-7800-5263-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geological hiking map 1: 100,000, Hanover district, Natural History Society Hanover / Hanover district / Lower Saxony State Office for Soil Research, 2nd edition 1979
- ^ Anne Grüneberg, Memory of the Benther Berg-Terrassen in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from May 15, 2014