The Vorholz is a ridge up to 243 m high in the districts 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 ...

and

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in the German state of

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Geography

The heavily-wooded Vorholz is located in the north of the Innerste Uplands, 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 north of the valley of the River

Innerste The Innerste () is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length. Origin of the name The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier time ...

between the ridges of

Lichtenberge The Salzgitter Hills (, also ''Salzgitterscher Höhenzug'') is an area of upland up to in height, in the Lower Saxon Hills between Salzgitter and Goslar in the districts of Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel and Landkreis Goslar, Goslar and i ...

(northwestern section of the Salzgitter Hills) to the southeast, the Hainberg to the south-southeast, 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 south-southwest and the

Hildesheim Forest The Hildesheim Forest () is a range of hills up to in the district of Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony. Geography The Hildesheim Forest is located in the Innerste Uplands, part of the Lower Saxon Hills, between the valleys of ...

to the west-southwest. It is also east-southeast of the city of

and west of

Salzgitter Salzgitter (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Soltgitter'') is an independent city#Germany, independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitte ...

between Schellerten in the north, Burgdorf in the east-northeast and

Holle Holle is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southeast of Hildesheim, and 15 km west of Salzgitter. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller ''Red S ...

in the south.

Description

The Vorholz attains its highest point on the summit of the Knebelberg, 243 m high, and is the source region for several tributaries of the

(which touches it tangentially in the south) and the

Fuhse The Fuhse is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany, a left tributary of the Aller. Spelled Fuse in maps of the 19th century and earlier, the name is thought to derive from the ancient Fosa flumen, after which the Germanic tribe of the Fosi took thei ...

(which is some way to the northeast). It is crossed by numerous walking and forest trails. There is a

transmission tower A transmission tower (also electricity pylon, hydro tower, or pylon) is a tall structure, usually a lattice tower made of steel that is used to support an overhead power line. In electrical grids, transmission towers carry high-voltage transmis ...

on the Barenberg near Grasdorf and a derelict

observation tower An observation tower is a tower used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations. Observation towers are usually at least tall and are made from stone, iron, and woo ...

on the Ortsberg near Astenbeck. A section of the A 7 autobahn runs in an east-west direction through the Vorholz, as does part of the B 6 highway. The B 444 runs north-south through the ridge.

Elevations

The elevations of the Vorholz include: * Knebelberg (243 m above NN) * Barenberg (227 m) - with

* Heidelbeerenberg (221 m) * Langer Berg (216 m) * Großer Steinberg (213 m) * Wenser Berg (209 m) * Spitzhut (207 m) * Ilsenberg (201 m) * Mieckenberg (200 m) * Kleiner Steinberg (175 m) * Thieberg (175 m) * Galgenberg (172 m) - with

* Rehberg (165 m) * Ortsberg (157 m) - with observation tower

Towns and villages

The towns and villages in and around the Vorholz are: * Burgdorf to the northeast *

to the west-northwest *

to the south *

to the east * Nettlingen to the north {{div col end

References

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with the ridge o
Vorholz
(DTK 25; for hill heights – often based on highest contour – see largest scale map), at natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de Niedersachsennavigator
/ref> Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Central Uplands Ridges of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands