Location Lower Saxony, Germany Elevation 325 m | Parent range Harz Mountains Range Harz | |
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Similar Großer Burgberg, Langenberg, Königsberg, Große Blöße, Wolfsklippen | ||
The Butterberg near Bad Harzburg is a hill located northeast of the spa town in Goslar district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Its long crest, which is protected as a nature reserve, reaches a height of 308 m above NN.
Map of Butterberg, 38667 Bad Harzburg, Germany
The Butterberg is part of the Harz - Brunswick Land - Eastphalia National Geopark.
The name Butter is associated with buten (i.e. "outside", c.f. Buten and binnen). These are therefore hills lying outside or on the edge of given places. There are many other "Butterberg" hills in German-speaking regions.
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