The Süllberg is a ridge, up to , in the Calenberg Land near

Springe Springe () is a town in the Hanover (district), district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover. Town structure * Springe (core settlement, seat of the mayor), population 13,184 * Ben ...

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in the German state of

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Location

The Süllberg and its foothills, the Vörier Berg in the north, and the Wolfsberg in the northeast, lies a few kilometres east of the

Deister The Deister () is a chain of hills in the Germany, 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 i ...

in Germany's

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. It rises around 14 kilometres south-southwest of the city of

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on the territory of

and the municipality of

Wennigsen Wennigsen ( or ) is a municipality in the Hanover (district), district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, approx. 15 km southwest of Hanover. Geography Wennigsen borders on (from north and clockwise) ...

, whose boundary runs over the triple-summit hill. A number of villages lie on the slopes of the ridge or at it feet. These are the Springe villages of Bennigsen to the south-southeast and Lüdersen to the east as well as the villages of Holtensen to the north-northwest and Bredenbeck to the west where the hills transition to the Deister. The

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federal road runs about one kilometre west of the Süllberg from north to south.

Geology

The hill was formed during the

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period.

Walking

There are various hiking trails on the wooded Süllberg. One fork in the tracks between two of its peaks lies at an elevation of . Its actual summit is, however, not accessible on a footpath. There are good views from the edge of the woods and, on clear days, the highest hill in the Harz, the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is a mountain near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, between the rivers Weser River, Weser and Elbe. The highest peak in the Harz mountain range, and in Northern Germany, ...

, can be made out to the southeast.

Utilization by man

In the 19th century sandstone was quarried in the Süllberg. Even today, numerous sandstone quarries bear witness to the former industry, especially on the western side. In the Second World War there was an anti-aircrate site on the top of the ridge; today a large number of bomb craters and the concrete foundations remain as evidence. In the north, towards Lüdersen, there is a

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bunker. This has now been given by the Federal Property Management Agency to a private investor who specialises in the area of archiving and document storage as a backup.

References

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