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The Sieben Berge ("Seven Hills") are a ridge of hills up to 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 the district of
Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...
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Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
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. Together with the Vorberge and the Sackwald the Sieben Berge belong to the geological formation of the Sackmulde. They are famous as a result of the fairy tale,
Snow White "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...
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Geography

The Sieben Berge ridge is located in the east of 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 ...
, a northern part of 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 ...
. It lies between Gronau on 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 ...
to the north, Sibbesse to the northeast and
Alfeld Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim in sou ...
to the south. The Sieben Berge are surrounded by the hills of the Hildesheim Forest to the northeast, the
Sauberge The Sauberge is a hill range up to in the Innerste Uplands in the district of Landkreis Hildesheim, Hildesheim in eastern Lower Saxony in Germany. Geography Location The wooded Sauberge is located in the centre of the northern part of the I ...
to the east-northeast, the Vorberge to the east and the Sackwald to the southeast. To the west runs the valley of the Leine, behind which rises the
Ith The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometers, is the longest line of crags in North Germany. Geography Location The Ith is i ...
ridge. Topographically it transitions to the Vorberge almost seamlessly. Within and on the edge of the Sieben Berge rise several brooks whose waters flow, sooner or later, into the Leine. There are no roads through the unpopulated Sieben Berge, but it is crossed by several forest tracks and walking trails (including the roughly 15 km long Snow White Path, which was named in 2002), on which the wooded terrain can be explored. It may be reached via, for example, the winding state road (''
Landesstraße ''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'' ) are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are road ...
'') of the L 485 which branches off the B 3 in Alfeld, and which runs northeast linking Alfeld with Sibbesse and, further to the north,
Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...
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Snow White

The Sieben Berge gained fame from the tale of
Snow White "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...
, written in the 19th century by the
Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm (1786–1859), were Germans, German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of Oral tradit ...
. In the fairy tale, Snow White lives with the seven dwarfs behind the Siebe Berge.


Hills

The Sieben Berge, whose highest hill is the Hohe Tafel ({{Höhe, 395, DE-NN), comprise the following elevations as seen from north to south (heights in metres 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 187 ...
): * Hörzen (364.1 m) – east of Brüggen * Hohe Tafel (395 m; also ''Tafelberg'') – east-southeast of Brüggen – with Ernst Binnewies Tower (colloquially: ''Tafelberg Tower''; observation tower) * Saalberg (313.2 m) – southeast of Brüggen * Ostenberg (359.8 m) – east of Dehnsen (municipality of Alfeld) * Lauensberg (333.4 m) – north-northeast of Eimsen (municipality of Alfeld) * Heimberg (316.3 m) – northeast of Eimsen * Himmelberg (307.5 m) – north of Alfeld – with the Himmelberg Tower (22,12 m high) Other elevations that border on the Sieben Berge are (in order of height): * Nesselberg (362.2 m) – east-southeast of Brüggen * Nußberg (301 m) – between Rheden and Eberholzen - with its nearby transmission tower * Ortsberg (279 m) – northeast of Alfeld The Nußberg, which is found north of the hill range, is sometimes counted - according to various sources - instead of the Himmelberg, which is in the extreme southeast of the ridge, as either the first or seventh hill in the Sieben Berge.


Waterways

The
waterways A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other ways. A first distinction is necessary betw ...
in and around the Sieben Berge include the: * Despe, passes the Sieben Berge to the north flowing in an east-west direction, eastern tributary of the Leine * Hahmbach, rises in the north-northeastern part of the Sieben Berge where it joins the Vorberge, southern tributary of the Despe *
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 ...
, passes the Sieben Berge to the west in a south to north direction, left tributary of the Aller, tributary of the Weser * Wispe, flows by Wispenstein into the Leine


Settlements

Settlements on the edge of the Sieben Berge include the: *
Alfeld Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim in sou ...
on the Leine, south of the Sieben Berge * Brüggen on the Leine, northwest of the Siebe Berge * Eberholzen am Hahmbach, north-northeast of the Sieben Berge * Gronau on the Leine, north of the Sieben Berge *
Rheden Rheden () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Population centres Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2024 Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, Ju ...
east of the Leine, west of the Sieben Berge * Sibbesse in the
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of the Despe, northeast of the Sieben Berge Hildesheim (district) Ridges of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands