
The Silberberg is a low hill, 74 metres high, in the
Wingst ridge in the district of
Cuxhaven in the north German state of
Lower Saxony.
It is the highest natural elevation in the
Elbe-Weser Triangle, but is overshadowed by the observation tower of the nearby hill of
Deutscher Olymp
The Deutscher Olymp is a 62-metre-high elevation
on the Wingst ridge within the boundary of the homonymous municipality in the district of Cuxhaven in the German state of Lower Saxony.
The Deutscher Olymp was formed from an ice age moraine. ...
. It was formed from an
ice age moraine
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...
. There used to be a small silver mine here which gave the hill its name.
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Hills of Lower Saxony
Cuxhaven (district)