The Salzgitter Hills (German: Salzgitter-Höhenzug, also Salzgitterscher Höhenzug) is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059 ft) in height, in the Lower Saxon Hills between Salzgitter and Goslar in the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Goslar and in the territory of the independent town of Salzgitter. The hills lie in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
The German name of Salzgitter-Höhenzug is a term used in the northern Harz Foreland, albeit not found on maps, and is used to mean the string of hills north of the Harz Mountains between the towns mentioned above.
The state forest of the Salzgitter Hills is managed by several Lower Saxony forestry offices, including the Revierförsterei Salder in Salzgitter-Salder.
The Salzgitter Hills is divided into these four unnamed section:
Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenberge)
(up to 254.2 m high; between Holle and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen)North central section
(up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad)South central section
(up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg)southern section
(up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Goslar-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)The hills of the Salzgitter range include (in order of height in m above NN):
Northwest section (between Holle and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen):
Lichtenberge:
South of the Lichtenberge and also in the northwest section is a ridge that is separated from them by the valley of the Oelber Bach, in which the village of Oelber on white hills and the settlement of Altenhagen lies. It consists of the following:
Sieben Köpfe (243 m; bei Gustedt; eastern part)Gustedter Berg (ca. 230 m; central part)Elber Berg (225 m; western part)North central section (between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad):
South central section (between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg):
southern section (between Liebenburg and Vienenburg-Immenrode):
Streams and rivers
The streams and rivers in and on the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Fuhse – passes to the east of the northern central and northwestern sectionsHengstebach – rises west of the northern central section in der municipality of Elbe; eastern tributary of the InnersteInnerste – passes the hills to the westOker – passes east of the southern sectionWarne – rises on the transition from the northern to the southern central section near Salzgitter-Bad; western tributary of the OkerThe lakes in and around the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Reihersee – in the north of the northern central section; south of Salzgitter-GebhardshagenFortunateich – in the north of the southern section; east of Liebenburg-HeißumMorgensternteich – in the south of the southern section; northeast of Goslar-HahndorfAmongst the (generally larger) villages and towns in and around the Salzgitter Hills (from northwest to southeast) are:
Holle – a few kilometres west of the western end of the northwest section (Landkreis Hildesheim)Baddeckenstedt – southwest of northwest section (Landkreis Wolfenbüttel)Wartjenstedt – west of the western end of the northwest sectionBurgdorf (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – northwest of the northwest sectionElbe (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – south of the northwest sectionHaverlah (municipality of Baddeckenstedt) – southwest of northern central sectionSalzgitter – in the northern parts of the northwest section and the northern central section (kreisfreie Stadt)Osterlinde – north of the northwest sectionLichtenberg – north of the northwest sectionGebhardshagen – on the transition of the northwestern section to the northern central sectionBad – on the transition from the northern to the southern central sectionRingelheim – west of the transition from the northern to the southern central sectionLiebenburg – on the transition from the northern to the southern central section (Landkreis Goslar)Dörnten – west of the southern sectionGroß Döhren – east of the southern sectionOthfresen – south of the southern central sectionVienenburg – a few kilometres east of the southern section (Landkreis Goslar)Immenrode (western village of Vienenburg) – southeast of the southern sectionWeddingen – southeast of the southern sectionGoslar – south of the extreme southern end of the southern section (Landkreis Goslar)Hahndorf (northern village of Goslar) – south of the southern sectionJerstedt (northwestern village of Goslar) – southwest of southern section
