Sackwald

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Sackwald
The sack forest near Alfeld as part of the sack trough (B)

The sack forest near Alfeld as part of the sack trough (B)

Highest peak Ahrensberg ( 374  m above sea  level )
location Hildesheim district , Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony highlands Leinebergland
Coordinates 51 ° 58 ′  N , 9 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′  N , 9 ° 55 ′  E
Age of the rock chalk
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The Sackwald is one to 374  m above sea level. NN high ridge of the Lower Saxony mountains in the district of Hildesheim , Lower Saxony ( Germany ). It is named after the Alfeld district of Sack .

Together with the Seven Mountains and the foothills, it is part of the geological structure of the Sack Hollow .

geography

The Sackwald lies on the eastern edge of the Leinebergland in the Lower Saxon Bergland . It is located between Alfeld an der Leine in the north-west and Bad Gandersheim, a little further away, in the south-east.

The Sackwald is surrounded by the foothills in the north, the southeastern foothills of the Hildesheim Forest in the north-northeast, Sauberge in the northeast, Harplage in the east-northeast, Heber in the east, Helleberg in the south and southwest, Selter (beyond the Leinetal) in the southwest and seven mountains in the northwest. From a topographical point of view, they merge seamlessly into the last-mentioned ridge . Within and on the edge of the Sackwald several brooks arise , whose water sooner or later flow into the western Leine or the northeast flowing Innerste ; thus the ridge lies on the watershed between the two rivers.

The uninhabited sack forest is criss-crossed by several forest and hiking trails on which you can explore the wooded landscape. These include the Rennstieg , which leads through the forest area, and the "Hohe Schanze historical educational trail". The ridge can be reached via country roads that branch off from federal roads 3 and 64 , mostly winding roads that surround the wooded area and , for example, connect Alfeld, Freden and Lamspringe.

Surveys

The elevations of the Sackwald include (height in meters above sea ​​level ):

  • Ahrensberg (374 m) - southwest of Woltershausen and northeast of Everode
  • Paradise Garden (336 m) - north of Everode
  • Devil's Church (330 m) - north of Everode
  • Saurenberg (321 m) - north-northwest of Everode
  • Hohe Schanze (326 m) - east of Winzenburg, location of the ruins of a Franconian mission station
  • Gehlenberg (approx. 315 m) - west-southwest of Lamspringe
  • Hainholzberg (approx. 300 m) - southwest of Adenstedt at the interface with foothills
  • Kratzberg (approx. 300 m) - north of Alfeld-Hörsum
  • Menteberg (300 m) - east of Alfeld
  • Rustiberg (288 m) - east of Everode
  • Mullenberg (278 m) - north of Everode
  • Winzenberg (272 m) - northeast of Winzenburg, location of Winzenburg Castle
  • Buchenberg (270 m) - north-northwest of Everode
  • Feldberg (267 m) - west-southwest of Lamspringe
  • Horstberg (approx. 250 m) - east-southeast of Alfeld-Hörsum
  • Tiebenberg (approx. 240 m) - north of Winzenburg, location of the Tiebenburg cultural monument

Flowing waters

The rivers in and around the Sackwald include:

  • Gande , rises in the southeast part of the Sackwald, eastern tributary of the Leine
  • Leine , passes the Sackwald a few kilometers away in the southwest, southern tributary of the Aller
  • Riehe , rises in the southeast part of the Sackwald, southwest tributary of the Lamme
  • Winzenburger Bach, rises in the southern part of the Sackwald, eastern tributary of the Leine

Localities

The villages on the edge of the Sackwald include:

  • Adenstedt in the catchment area of ​​the Riehe, north-northeast of the Sackwald
  • Alfeld an der Leine, northwest of the Sackwald
  • Bad Gandersheim an der Gande, a few kilometers southeast of the Sackwald
  • Everode in the Leine catchment area, west of the Sackwald
  • Freden an der Leine, south-southwest of the Sackwald
  • Lamspringe on the Lamme, east of the Sackwald
  • Winzenburg on the Winzenburger Bach, south of the Sackwald
  • Woltershausen in the catchment area of ​​the Riehe, east of the Sackwald

Worth seeing

The sights of the Sackwald include the local forest landscape, the ruins of a Franconian mission station on the Hohen Schanze , the ruins of Winzenburg Castle on the Winzenberg and the Tiebenburg cultural monument on the Tiebenberg. The ruins of the Schulenberg Chapel , located northeast of the Alfeld district of Sack on the southwest flank of the neighboring foothills , are also worth seeing.

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