Foothills
| Foothills | |
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 The foothills near Alfeld as part of the sack trough (B) |
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| Highest peak | Hainberg ( 353 m above sea level ) |
| location | District of Hildesheim , Lower Saxony ( Germany ) |
| part of | Leineberglands , Lower Saxony highlands |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 1 ' N , 9 ° 53' E |
| Age of the rock | chalk |
The foothills are one to 353 m above sea level. NHN high ridge of the Lower Saxony mountains in the Lower Saxony district of Hildesheim ( Germany ).
Together with the Seven Mountains and the Sack Forest , the foothills are part of the geological structure of the Sack Hollow .
geography
location
The Vorberge ridge rises on the eastern edge of the Leinebergland in the Lower Saxon uplands . It lies between Alfeld an der Leine in the southwest and Sibbesse an der Alme in the north.
The foothills are surrounded by the mountain ranges Hildesheimer Wald in the north, Sauberge in the east-northeast, Harplage in the east-southeast, Heber in the southeast, Sackwald in the south and Sieben Bergen in the west. From a topographical point of view, they merge seamlessly into the last-mentioned ridge . Within and on the edge of the foothills, several brooks arise , the water of which sooner or later flow into the western Leine or the northeast flowing Innerste ; thus they lie on the watershed between the two rivers.
Natural allocation
The foothills belong in the natural spatial main unit group Weser-Leine-Bergland (No. 37) and in the main unit Alfelder Bergland (377) to the sub-unit Seven Mountains and Sack Forest (377.4).
Surveys
The elevations of the foothills include - sorted by height in meters (m) above mean sea level (NHN):
- Hainberg (353 m) - west-southwest of Sibbesse
- Bremberg ( Brahmberg ; 352.6 m) - south-southwest of Sibbesse
- Wolfdehnsberg (348.4 m) with east flank Hettberg - southwest of Sibbesse
- Sommerberg (335 m) - southwest of Westfeld
- Wernershöhe (327.9 m) - southwest of Wrisbergholzen , district of Westfeld - with a telecommunications tower
- Heiligenholzberg (approx. 305 m) - west of Adenstedt
- Hainholzberg (approx. 300 m) - southwest of Adenstedt at the interface with the Sackwald
- Roseberg (263 m) - northeast of Langenholzen , district of Alfeld
Flowing waters
The flowing waters in and on the foothills include (viewed clockwise, starting in the north):
- Despe , flowing through the foothills in the north in an east-west direction, east tributary of the Leine
- Hahmbach , rises in the north-north-western part of the foothills at the interface to Sieben Bergen, southern tributary of the Despe
- Alme , rises in the northern foothills, western tributary of the Riehe
- Riehe , the foothills in the east flows in a south-north direction, south-westerly tributary of the Lamme
- Holzener Bach , rises in the east-northeast foothills, western tributary of the Alme
- Subeek , rises in the eastern foothills, southwest tributary of the Alme
- Gehbeek , rises in the eastern foothills, southwest tributary of the Alme
- Warnebach , rises in the southwestern foothills, northeastern tributary of the Leine
Localities
The localities on the edge of the foothills include (clockwise, starting in the northwest):
- Eberholzen , on the Hahmbach, north-northwest of the foothills
- Sibbesse , in the Despe catchment area, north of the foothills
- Westfeld , in the catchment area of the Alme, northeast of the foothills
- Wrisbergholzen , on the Holzener Bach, east-northeast of the foothills
- Almstedt , on the Alme, a little east of the foothills
- Grafelde , in the catchment area of the Holzener Bach, east of the foothills
- Sellenstedt , in the catchment area of the Subeek and Gehbeek, east of the foothills
- Adenstedt , in the catchment area of the Riehe, east-southeast of the foothills
- Sack , on Warnebach, southwest of the foothills
- Langenholzen , on Warnebach, southwest of the foothills
Protected areas
There are four nature reserves (NSG) in the foothills : on the eastern flank of the Brembergs, the NSG Karlsberg ( CDDA no. 82041; designated in 1960; 13.8 hectares ), on the east and south flank of the Wernershöhe the NSG Wernershöhe (CDDA no . 166251; 1994; 87 ha), on the lower part of the eastern flank of the foothills near Wrisbergholzen the NSG Alter Schlosspark Wrisbergholzen (CDDA No. 162120; 1984; 9 ha) and on the southwest flank of the ridge near the Alfeld district of Sack the NSG Schiefer Holzer Berg (CDDA No. 165384; 1984; 12 ha). In addition, parts of the landscape protection areas Seven Mountains and Foothills (CDDA no. 324552; 1989; 33.688 km² ) in the north-northwest and Sackwald (CDDA no. 324064; 1991; 45.14 km²) in the south-southeast are located in the foothills . In the north-northwest of the ridge there are also parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Seven Mountains, Foothills (FFH No. 3924-301; 27.11 km²).
Schulenberg Chapel
On the southwestern roof of the foothills, about 700 m northeast of the Alfeld district of Sack, the ruins of the Schulenberg Chapel, probably from the second half of the 15th century ( ⊙ ; rarely known as the Schulenburg Chapel ), are located. Lined by some trees, they are located in a field at about 185 m above sea level on the lower southwest part of the Holzerberg (Holzer Berge) , the southwest flank of the Wernershöhe ( 327.9 m ). Of the ruins, which may have been part of an earlier settlement, only the 50 cm thick walls made of limestone remain.
Traffic and walking
The uninhabited foothills can be reached on the winding state road 485, which branches off from Bundesstraße 3 in Alfeld and connects Alfeld in a north-east direction with Sibbesse and with Hildesheim further north . They are criss-crossed by several forest and hiking trails on which you can explore the wooded landscape.
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Mountain height - according to unknown / not researched source
- ↑ topographic map with the Heiligenholzberg ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (DTK 25; see large enlargement of the map), on natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
- ↑ The Schulenberg Chapel , on sack-online.net
