The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in 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 German state of

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 ...

, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

and

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills and the third highest after the

Harz 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 ...

( Wurmberg; 971 m) and the

Kaufungen Forest The Kaufungen Forest () is a range of steep, wooded hills straddling the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany. It takes its name from the town Kaufungen. The hills lie in the fork of the Rivers Fulda River, Fulda ...

(

Haferberg The Haferberg is a hill, ,
in the Kaufungen Forest in Hesse and Lower Saxony in Germany.

Ge ...

; 581 m). The Solling is a cultural landscape consisting mainly of

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...

and

beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...

forests.

Oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

also grows in some areas. The Solling forest is home of a number of animals and birds, for example

red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...

chaffinch The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (''Fringilla coelebs'') is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The fema ...

. They can best be observed in the ''Neuhaus wildlife park''. Together with the smaller and lower

Vogler Vogler may refer to: People * Vogler (surname), a list of people with the surname Vogler * Vogler Quartet Places * Vogler (hill range), a hill range in the Central Uplands of Germany * Vogler Peak, rock peak in Antarctica * Vogler Air Base

range and the little Burgberg to the north, the Solling is part of the

Solling-Vogler Nature Park The Solling-Vogler Nature Park () is a nature park in South Lower Saxony in Germany. It has an area of and was established in 1966. The nature park includes the hill ranges of the Solling and the Vogler but also the Burgberg which lies east ...

Hills

The main hills in the Solling include the following (heights given in m 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 ...

): *

Große Blöße At above sea level, of the BfN the Große Blöße is the highest hill in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park, the Solling and the Weser Uplands (Lower Saxony, Germany). Despite its name (literal translation: 'large bareness' or 'large opening'), the ...

(527.8 m) *

Großer Ahrensberg At the Großer Ahrensberg is one of the highest hills in the Solling range, which is located in southern Lower Saxony in Germany. This densely wooded hill lies about as the crow flies west-southwest of Dassel between the villages of Hellental ...

(524.9 m) * Moosberg (513.0 m) – with Hochsolling observation tower * Vogelherd (c. 505 m) * Dreiberg (493.5 m) * Großer Steinberg (493 m) – with "Harzblick" observation tower * Tünnekenbornstrang (490.1 m) * Langenberg (484.6 m) * Bärenkopf (473.0 m) * Wolfsstrang (468.7 m) – with Gaußstein * Schönenberg (457.1 m) * Hasselberg (also called the ''Schrodhalbe''; 452.5 m) – with TV tower * Hahnenbreite (452.0 m) * Alte Schmacht (447.5 m) – with transmission facility * Eisernstieg (446.3 m) * Strutberg (444 m) – with "Sollingturm" observation tower * Großer Lauenberg (442.6 m) * Wildenkiel (c. 441 m) * Auerhahnkopf (c. 440 m) * Hengstrücken (424 m) * Buchholz (421.7 m) * Sonnenköpfe (414.6 m; western peak) * Sonnenköpfe (407.0 m; eastern peak) * Junge Schmacht (388.0 m) * Platte (379.7 m) * Sommerberg (364.5 m) * Kahlberg (224.7 m)

Villages and towns

Villages and towns in the Solling are: * Abbecke * Amelith *

Bad Karlshafen Bad Karlshafen () is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the Kassel (district), district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval village of Helmarshausen. It is s ...

* Bevern * Bodenfelde *

Boffzen Boffzen is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2001-2006: * CDU: 4 * SPD: 10 * FDP: 1 Boffzen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ' ...

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% ...

Derental Derental is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...

Einbeck Einbeck (; Eastphalian: ''Aimbeck'') is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, on the German Timber-Frame Road. History Prehistory The area of the current city of Einbeck is inhabited since prehistoric times. Vario ...

* Espol * Fohlenplacken *

Fredelsloh Fredelsloh is a village in Lower Saxony in Germany close to the town of 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 ...

* Fürstenberg *

Hardegsen Hardegsen () is a town in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Northeim, and 15 km northwest of Göttingen. Burg Hardeg is a medieval castle in Hardegsen. The castle was fo ...

* Hellental * Hilwartshausen *

Holzminden Holzminden (; ) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden (district), Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

Höxter Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel. It lies the heart of the Weser Uplands, and is the seat of the Höxter district. The district of Höxter has a popul ...

* Kammerborn * Lauenförde * Lauenberg * Lüchtringen * Mackensen * Merxhausen * Mühlenberg * Neuhaus * Nienover * Schießhaus * Sievershausen * Silberborn * Schönhagen * Schorborn * Sohlingen *

Uslar Uslar (; Eastphalian: ''Üsseler'') is a town and a municipality in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, in the south-western part of the district of Northeim, and in the south of the hills of Solling forest which are part of the Weser Uplands. Uslar ...

* Vahle * Wahmbeck

Literature

Johannes Krabbe: Karte des Sollings von 1603, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Hans-Martin Arnoldt, Kirstin Casemir und Uwe Ohanski, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover 2004.

External links

* http://www.solling.de * http://www.hutewald.de * http://www.hackelberg.de
Wildpark Neuhaus
(with forest museum) {{Authority control Central Uplands Hill ranges of Lower Saxony Landforms of Hesse Landforms of North Rhine-Westphalia Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Forests and woodlands of North Rhine-Westphalia Hill ranges of Germany