The Ahlsburg is a range of

bunter sandstone The Buntsandstein (German for ''coloured'' or ''colourful sandstone'') or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe. The Buntsands ...

hills, relatively small in area and up to , in the southern part of

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. It lies within the

Solling The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hill ...

foreland and is part of the

Weser-Leine Uplands The Lower Saxon Hills () are one of the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands () in its wider sense.However at least one sourc ...

Geography

The Ahlsburg hills run in a northwest to southeast direction and are around 10 km long and up to about 3 km wide. They are heavily wooded and belong to the

Leine Uplands The Leine Uplands (, ) is a region in Germany's Central Uplands which forms a part of the Lower Saxon Hills and lies along the River Leine between Göttingen and Hanover. It borders on the Weser Uplands in the west, the Innerste Uplands in th ...

. They are located in the district of

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southeast of

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% ...

, east of the

, south of

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and the valley of the

Ilme The Ilme is a left-bank, western tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is long. The river begins at the pond in the centre of the Solling hills at an elevation of and flows initially northwards to Dassel, then in an easter ...

, west of

and the

Leine The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver ...

valley and north of Moringen and northeast of

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Natural regions

The Ahlsburg is grouped within the following natural regions: * (to 37

) ** (to 371

Solling Foreland The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills ...

) *** 371.1 South Solling Foreland **** 371.12 Ahlsburg

Hills

The following

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

s and elevations belong to the Ahlsburg ridge – with their heights in metres above sea level (

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 187 ...

or NN): * Sackberg (411.4 m) * Ochsenberg (371.5 m) * Ducksteinberg (360.1 m) * Eichfast (355.5 m) * Südlieth (325.9 m) * Weidenberg (317.5 m) * Iberg (303.0 m) * Klagesberg (298.2 m) * unnamed hill, site of Grubenhagen Castle (298.0 m) * Böllenberg (297.5 m) * Wolfsberg (297.5 m)
Subpeaks from southeast to northwest: ** Bärenberg/Bährenberg (262.5 m) ** Grundberg (257.5 m) ** Kahlenberg (247.5 m) ** Lith (262.5 m) ** Ziegenberg (250.3 m) ** Wellerser Dicke (237.5 m) * Vorberg (289.1 m) * Behrensberg (277.9 m) * Drogenberg (247.5 m) * Katenstein (240.7 m)

Streams

The following streams flow in and around the Ahlsburg (all in the catchment area of the

): * Bölle (rises on the southern edge of the ridge, passes its southern foothills and is a western tributary of the Leine) *

Dieße Dieße is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It passes Ahlsburg and Ellensen Forest. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F ...

(rises on the eastern edge of the Solling, passes the western slopes of the ridge and is a south-southwestern tributary of the Ilme) *

(passes the ridge some way to the north and is a western tributary of the Leine) *

(passes the ridge some way to the east and is a southern tributary of the

Aller Aller may refer to: Places Rivers *Aller (Germany), a major river in North Germany * Aller (Asturian river), a river in Asturias, Spain * River Aller, a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England * Aller Brook, a small river in Devon, England Inh ...

) * Rebbe (rises in the central part of the ridge and is a southern tributary of the Ilme) * Rotte (rises north of the ridge and is a southern tributary of the Ilme) * Hane (rises in the central part of the ridge and is a southern tributary of the Dieße)

Places of interest

Places of interest in and on the Ahlsburg ridge – with heights in metres above sea level ( NN) - include: * Grubenhagen Castle (298.0 m) *

(ca. 270 m; art and pottery village) * Kaisereiche (ca. 240 m) * Quastbuche (331 m) * Stahlbuche (ca. 310 m) * Bengerode ruined village (ca. 265 m;

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pottery settlement)

Footnotes and references

Maximum height of the ''Ahlsburg'' ridge and name ''Sackberg'' according to unknown source

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with th
Ahlsburg
(DTK 25; for hill heights see enlargement of the map), at natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de Göttinger Geographische Abhandlungen
Issues 36–38, 1966, p. 110 Jürgen Hövermann: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme: The natural region units on Sheet 99 Göttingen.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1963. →&nbs
Online-Karte
(pdf; 4.1 MB)

External links

{{Commonscat Central Uplands Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands