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Totenberg Family
The Totenberg, at , is the highest hill in the Bramwald, a forested hill range in the Weser Uplands in South Lower Saxony. The hill is surrounded by the ''Totenberg nature reserve (Germany), nature reserve'' with an area of about 437 hectares, of which 342 ha is managed as "near-natural forest". The rest is designated as ''Naturwald'' (95 ha) where logging is prohibited. Signs indicate that it may not be entered. Geography Location The Totenberg is in the western part of the district of Landkreis Göttingen, Göttingen in the northern half of the Bramwald and the Münden Nature Park. The River Nieme flows around the lower part of its northern slopes and discharges into the Upper Weser somewhat further west near Bursfelde. Southwest of the hill is Hemeln, to the southeast is the municipality of Niemetal. Topography and geology Between 195 and 408 metres the Totenberg lies on typical Bunter Sandstone beds mixed in with loess. References {{A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weser Uplands
The Weser Uplands (German: ''Weserbergland'', ) is a hill region in Germany, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica, along the river Weser. The area reaches into three states, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Important towns of this region include Bad Karlshafen, Holzminden, Höxter, Bodenwerder, Hameln, Rinteln, and Vlotho. The tales of the Brothers Grimm are set in the Weser Uplands, and it has many renaissance buildings, exhibiting a peculiar regional style, the Weser Renaissance style. The region roughly coincides with the natural region of the Lower Saxon Hills defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Geography In addition to the whole of the Weser Valley between Hann. Münden und Porta Westfalica, several geologically associated, but clearly separate chains of uplands, ridges and individual hills are considered part of the Weser Uplands. In its narrowest sense, the following would be included (running from north to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
