The Calenberg Uplands
[''Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch'']
by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014. (german: Calenberger Bergland) are a landscape unit in the
Weser-Leine Uplands in
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 ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. They border on the
Calenberg Land to the north and merge into the
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 ...
in the west and the
Leine Uplands in the east. They are dissected by the Deister-Süntel and
Aue valleys.
The following ridges belong to the Calenberg Uplands:
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Bückeberg –
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Deister
The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover. It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next in the chain ...
–
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Harrl –
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Kleiner Deister (L) –
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Nesselberg
The Nesselberg is a ridge up to high in the Calenberg Highland which, together with the Kleiner Deister and the Osterwald, forms a group of three contiguous hill regions in the northwestern part of the Leine Uplands. It lies between Altenhagen I ...
(L) –
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Osterwald (L) –
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Süntel (W) –
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Wesergebirge
The Weser Hills (''Wesergebirge''), also known in German as the ''Weserkette'' ("Weser Chain"),"Ein anderes Bild als die Bergländer der oberen Weser bieten die ''Weserkette'', das ''Wiehengebirge'' und der ''Teutoburger Wald'', see Christian Deg ...
(W) –
Whilst the southwestern ridges of the Süntel and Weser Hills also belong to the Weser Uplands (W), the eastern heights of the Osterwald, Nesselberg and Kleiner Deister are grouped with the Leine Uplands (L).
References
External links Landscape fact file by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (with map)
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Central Uplands
!Calenberg Uplands
Geography of Lower Saxony
Regions of Lower Saxony