Silberberg (Wingst)
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| height | 74 m above sea level NN | |
| location | District of Cuxhaven , Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Wingst | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 43 '46 " N , 9 ° 3' 24" E | |
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| Type | moraine | |
| particularities | Highest natural elevation in the Elbe-Weser triangle | |
The Silberberg in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony is about 74 m above sea level. NN is the highest point in the Wingst ridge and in the Elbe-Weser triangle , but is overlooked by the observation tower on the German Olympus, which is close to the Wingst . It originated as an Ice Age moraine .
Geographical location
Within the Wingst ridge, the Silberberg is located around 2 km west-north-west of Dobrock in the Wingst municipality , with the Wingster districts of Weißenmoor , Ellerbruch , Süderbusch , Bargkamp and Westerhamm distributed in a semicircle south around the mountain.
Legend and mountain name
How the Silberberg and its northern spur, the Gretenberg , got their name:
A long time ago a family of giants is said to have lived in Wingst. The mother of the family was called Grete and she loved a beautiful wooded hill that got her name on it - Gretenberg .
Her son, named Bolik, wanted, like his father Wingis , to find a silver treasure, went to the Harz Mountains on his mother's advice and brought home a sack full of giant stones . He had the frozen stones because of their gloss for silver held chunks and only home the error noticed. The hill where he scattered the stones is now called Silberberg . He is said to have thrown three of the giant stones out of anger into the forest in front of Lamstedt . They are still on the Westerberg there today .