Göttingen-Northeim Forest

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The mountainous region of the Göttingen-Northeimer Forest is the southeastern part of the Leinebergland in the districts of Göttingen and Northeim in southern Lower Saxony and a minimal portion in the district of Eichsfeld (TH). In terms of natural space , the Göttingen-Northeimer Wald represents a main unit of the main unit group of Lower Saxony Bergland , which extends east of the Leinetal to the city limits of the eponymous cities of Göttingen and Northeim .

Lower Saxony highlands

Geographical location

The area of ​​the Göttingen-Northeimer Wald extends north-south over a length of about 32 kilometers and a maximum width of 10 kilometers. It is delimited by the Leine near Göttingen in the west, the lower Rhume near Northeim in the north, the lower field with the Seeburger See in the east and roughly the border with Thuringia in the south.

Natural structure

The Göttingen-Northeim Forest as part of the Lower Saxony mountainous region is structured as follows:

Adjacent natural areas are viewed clockwise:

Partial landscapes

The Göttingen-Northeimer Wald is a differently structured landscape, which is made up of different plates and plateaus:

Göttingen Forest

The core area is the shell limestone slab of the Göttingen Forest east of Göttingen , which ends in a steep layer to the north, east and south. The highest mountain is the Mackenröder peak at 427.5 meters.

Nörten forest

The mountainous region north and northeast of the Göttingen Forest consists of the Nörten Forest (Hoher Steyer: 305.5 m) east of Nörten-Hardenberg in the narrower sense, and the small ridge of the Wieter (358.4 m) southeast of Northeim , the Langfast (360.1 m) and other mountains.

Pure houses forest

The mountainous area to the south and south-east is divided into the actual Reinhäuser Forest ( Bocksbühl : 437 m), with the mountain pair Die Gleichen (430 m) and other individual mountains .

Nature and geology

The Göttingen Forest, which consists mainly of shell limestone , sits on top of the surrounding red sandstone in one layer . In the red sandstone area of ​​the Reinhäuser Forest to the south is the largest Abri group (rock overhangs created by erosion) in Central Europe with several gorge-like rock valleys between the Leine and the Eichsfeld. Shell limestone comes to light here along some faults and on some mountain tops. The wooded mountainous region (mixed beech forests) is also used for agriculture in the valleys and on the flat edge areas.

Numerous protected areas exist in the entire natural area:

  • NSG Göttinger Stadtwald and Kerstlingeröder Wald in the southern Göttingen Forest
  • NSG Bratental in the northern Göttingen Forest
  • NSG Husumer Tal south of Northeim
  • LSG Leinebergland and LSG Leinetal in the central and southern area
  • LSG Westerhöfer Bergland and Langfast in the northern area
  • FFH area Göttinger Wald and Reinhäuser Wald

literature

  • Volkard Köllner: The natural landscape transition between the Göttingen Forest and the Lower Eichsfeld. Edited by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies Bad Godesberg, vol. 35 1965, no. 1 pages 62–73

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Various authors: Geographical land survey: The natural space units in single sheets 1: 200,000 - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952-1991 → online maps .
    • Sheet 99: Göttingen (Jürgen Hövermann 1963)
    • Sheet 112: Kassel (H.-J. Klink 1969)
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

Web links

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