The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in the

Weser Uplands The Weser Uplands (German language, German: ''Weserbergland'', ) is a hill region in Germany, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica, along the river Weser. The area reaches into three States of Germany, states, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and ...

in the German state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are ...

and

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills and the third highest after the

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

( Wurmberg; 971 m) and the

Kaufungen Forest The Kaufungen Forest (german: Kaufunger Wald) is a range of steep, wooded hills straddling the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany. It takes its name from the town Kaufungen. The hills lie in the fork of the R ...

( Haferberg; 581 m). The Solling is a cultural landscape consisting mainly of

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...

and

beech Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engl ...

forests. Oak also grows in some areas. The Solling forest is home of a number of animals and birds, for example

red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of ...

or chaffinch. They can best be observed in the ''Neuhaus wildlife park''. Together with the smaller and lower Vogler range and the little Burgberg to the north, the Solling is part of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park.

Hills

The main hills in the Solling include the following (heights given in m above

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 18 ...

): *

Große Blöße At above sea level, of the BfN the Große Blöße is the highest hill in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park, the Solling and the Weser Uplands (Lower Saxony, Germany). Despite its name, the summit is forested. Geographical location The thickly ...

(527.8 m) *

Großer Ahrensberg At the Großer Ahrensberg is one of the highest hills in the Solling range, which is located in southern Lower Saxony in Germany. This densely wooded hill lies about as the crow flies west-southwest of Dassel between the villages of Hellental ...

(524.9 m) * Moosberg (513.0 m) – with Hochsolling observation tower * Vogelherd (c. 505 m) * Dreiberg (493.5 m) * Großer Steinberg (493 m) – with "Harzblick" observation tower * Tünnekenbornstrang (490.1 m) * Langenberg (484.6 m) * Bärenkopf (473.0 m) * Wolfsstrang (468.7 m) – with Gaußstein * Schönenberg (457.1 m) * Hasselberg (also called the ''Schrodhalbe''; 452.5 m) – with TV tower * Hahnenbreite (452.0 m) * Alte Schmacht (447.5 m) – with transmission facility * Eisernstieg (446.3 m) * Strutberg (444 m) – with "Sollingturm" observation tower * Großer Lauenberg (442.6 m) * Wildenkiel (c. 441 m) * Auerhahnkopf (c. 440 m) * Hengstrücken (424 m) * Buchholz (421.7 m) * Sonnenköpfe (414.6 m; western peak) * Sonnenköpfe (407.0 m; eastern peak) * Junge Schmacht (388.0 m) * Platte (379.7 m) * Sommerberg (364.5 m) * Kahlberg (224.7 m)

Villages and towns

Villages and towns in the Solling are: * Abbecke * Amelith *

Bad Karlshafen Bad Karlshafen () is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval village of Helmarshausen. It is situated at the con ...

* Bevern *

Bodenfelde Bodenfelde is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 35 km north of Kassel, and 30 km northwest of Göttingen at the southwest border of the Solling- ...

Boffzen Boffzen is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2001-2006: * CDU: 4 * SPD: 10 * FDP: 1 Boffzen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A ''Samtgemeind ...

Dassel Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains. Geography The city covers an area of . Buildings and streets make up about 10% of this area while 26% ...

Derental Derental is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

Einbeck Einbeck (; Eastphalian: ''Aimbeck'') is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, on the German Timber-Frame Road. History Prehistory The area of the current city of Einbeck is inhabited since prehistoric times. Vari ...

* Espol * Fohlenplacken *

Fredelsloh Fredelsloh is a village in Lower Saxony in Germany close to the town of Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half ...

* Fürstenberg *

Hardegsen Hardegsen () is a town in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Northeim, and 15 km northwest of Göttingen. Burg Hardeg is a medieval castle in Hardegsen. The castle was f ...

* Hellental * Hilwartshausen *

Holzminden Holzminden (; nds, Holtsminne) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. His ...

Höxter Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel in the centre of the Weser Uplands. The main town's population is around 15,000, and with outlying centres, about 30,0 ...

* Kammerborn * Lauenförde * Lauenberg * Lüchtringen * Mackensen * Merxhausen * Mühlenberg * Neuhaus *

Nienover Nienover is a rural village in the Solling region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It contains one of the largest deserted medieval towns in northern Europe. Nienover is an '' Ortschaft'' of the municipality Bodenfelde, which contains the villages Nieno ...

* Schießhaus * Sievershausen * Silberborn * Schönhagen * Schorborn * Sohlingen *

Uslar Uslar (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Üsseler'') is a town and a municipality in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, in the south-western part of the district of Northeim (district), Northeim, and in the south of the hills of Solling forest whi ...

* Vahle * Wahmbeck

Literature

Johannes Krabbe: Karte des Sollings von 1603, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Hans-Martin Arnoldt, Kirstin Casemir und Uwe Ohanski, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover 2004.

External links

* http://www.solling.de * http://www.hutewald.de * http://www.hackelberg.de
Wildpark Neuhaus
(with forest museum) {{Authority control Central Uplands Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Landforms of Hesse Landforms of North Rhine-Westphalia Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Forests and woodlands of North Rhine-Westphalia Hill ranges of Germany