Deister Gate
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View from the Katzberg ridge of the Deister Gate. Left: the Ebersberg; right: the Raher Berg
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| Elevation | 130DE-NN |
| Coordinates | 52°11′59″N 9°31′41″E / 52.1998500°N 9.5280000°ECoordinates: 52°11′59″N 9°31′41″E / 52.1998500°N 9.5280000°E |
The Deister Gate (German: Deisterpforte) is a 550-metre-wide gap between the Deister and Kleiner Deister hill ridges in Springe in Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany. The height of the pass varies between 130 m above NN to 120 m above NN. The River Haller rises in the Deister Gate. Several transport and supply routes run through the Deister Gate.
Around the year 1,000, the site of the karst spring in the Deister Gate is mentioned in a description of the boundaries of the Bishopric of Hildesheim under the name Helereisprig. The Haller forms the boundary between the Bishoprics (now Dioceses) of Hildesheim to the south and Minden to the north. The location of the karst spring was called Hallerbrunn in 1631,Haller Brunn in 1783,Hallerbrunn in 1896, and Hallerbrunnen in 1950. The town of Springe derives its name from the source of the Haller; until the 18th century it was called Hallerspring. Hans-Heinrich Seedorf suspects, "that Haller means something like noisesome, swift stream."
The Deister Gate is bounded to the north by the Ebersberg (355 m above NN) and to the south by the Raher Berg (285 m above NN). The B 217 from Hanover to Hamelin, a Landstraße, two farm and forest tracks, the Hanover–Altenbeken railway, carrying S-Bahn line 5 from Paderborn via Hamelin and Hannover Central to Hanover Airport, and the upper reaches of the River Haller run through the pass. The E1 European long distance path runs along the forest track on the edge of the Deister and through the Deister Gate.
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