The Rotenberg is a hill range, up to 317.3 m high, in the

Lower Saxon Hills 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 sour ...

in southeastern

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Geography

The Rotenberg ridge is oriented northwest–southeast and measures about 14 kilometres long by 2 kilometres wide. It lies in the district of

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

in the southeastern corner of the Lower Saxon Hills. It is located on the southwestern

Harz Foreland The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, 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'' der ...

roughly between Wulften to the northwest,

Hattorf am Harz Hattorf am Harz is a municipality in the Göttingen (district), district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 10 km south of Osterode am Harz. Hattorf is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ...

and

Pöhlde Pöhlde is a village in southern Lower Saxony in Germany. It is part of the town Herzberg am Harz. It has a population of 2207 (1 October 2006). Archaeological excavation has revealed traces of settlement dating to the 2nd through 4th centuries AD. ...

to the north,

Silkerode Silkerode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality Sonnenstein,Rhumspringe Rhumspringe is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Eichsfeld. The source of the river Rhume is at Rhume Spring The Rhume Spring () is a large karst spring in the eastern part of the Rotenb ...

and

Gieboldehausen Gieboldehausen is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhume, approx. 25 km northeast of Göttingen, and 15 km south of Osterode am Harz. It is part of the Eichsfeld. Giebol ...

to the south and Bilshausen to the west. Somewhat further away are

Osterode am Harz Osterode am Harz (, ), often simply called Osterode (Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony in central Germany on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the ...

to the north,

Herzberg am Harz Herzberg am Harz (Esperanto: ) is a town in the Göttingen (district), Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Herzberg is situated on the southwestern rim of the Harz mountain range and the Harz National Park. Natural monument ...

to the northeast,

Bad Lauterberg Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz. Bad Lauterberg is known ''inter alia ...

to the east,

Duderstadt Duderstadt () is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Göttingen. It is the centre and the capital of the northern part of the Eichsfeld ("Untereichsfeld"). It was once the private wealth of the Roman Catholic ar ...

to the south,

to the southwest and

Northeim Northeim (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the Northeim (district), district of Northeim, with a population of 30,118 as of 31 December 2023. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in ...

to the northwest. According to the official classification of

natural regions of Germany This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis. Politic ...

the ridge belongs to the landscape unit of the Eichsfeld Basin in 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 ...

. The Rotenberg is surrounded by the following other ranges: the

Harz Mountains The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, 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 nam ...

to the north and, somewhat further away, the

Ohm Hills The Ohm Hills (, ) are a small range of hills up to high and about 50 km² in area. They are part of the Lower Eichsfeld region and are located in the county of Landkreis Eichsfeld, Eichsfeld, North Thuringia, Germany. Geography The Ohm H ...

to the southeast and the Göttingen Forest to the southwest. The Rotenberg hills lie on the

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between the

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and Beber rivers in the north and the

Rhume The Rhume () is a long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine. Its source is the karstic spring of Rhume Spring in Rhumspringe, south of the Harz mountain range. The water drains with high pressure from the ground of ...

and Eller rivers in the south. These rivers and the small streams that rise in the hills belong to the catchment area of 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 ...

, several kilometres to the west.

Hills

The hills in and near the Rotenberg include the: * Rotenberg (317,3 m) – southeast of Pöhlde, near the border with

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

* Schiebehalbe (290 m) – southwest of Pöhlde * Heimkenberg (274,1 m) – south of Hattorf * Kethanteichskopf (260 m) – west of Pöhlde * Rollershauser Kopf (245 m) – southwest of Hattorf * Hohe Warte (241 m) – north of Wollershausen * Finnenkopf (238 m) – southeast of Pöhlde * Bornberg (237 m) – northeast of Rhumspringe * Spitzenröder Berg (239 m) – east of Rhumspringe * Bilshäuser Kopf (236 m) – east of Bilshausen * Mittelberg (236 m) – east of Wollershausen * Thiershäuser Berg (215 m) – north of Gieboldehausen Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Göttingen (district) Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands