Ohm Hills

Ohm Hills
Northern spur of the Ohm Hills immediately south of Holungen
Highest point
Peak	Birkenberg
Elevation	533.4 m (1,750 ft)
Dimensions
Area	50 km2 (19 sq mi)
Geography
Location	County of Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Range coordinates	51°28′15″N 10°20′20″E / 51.47083°N 10.33889°E / 51.47083; 10.33889Coordinates: 51°28′15″N 10°20′20″E / 51.47083°N 10.33889°E / 51.47083; 10.33889
Parent range	Lower Eichsfeld, Weser-Leine Uplands
Geology
Type of rock	muschelkalk

The Ohm Hills (German: Ohmgebirge) are a small range of hills up to 533.4 m above sea level (NN) high and about 50 km² in area. They are part of the Lower Eichsfeld region and are located in the county of Eichsfeld, North Thuringia, Germany.

The Ohm Hills, most of which are densely wooded, whose southeastern foothills form the Bleicherode Hills, lie in the county of Eichsfeld on its boundary with Nordhausen. They are located between Weißenborn-Lüderode to the north, Bleicherode to the southeast, Worbis to the south and Teistungen to the west, and extend from the upper reaches of the River Helme in the north to the Wipper in the south. To the north and west the range is adjoined by historic landscape of the Lower Eichsfeld (Untereichsfeld), further south is the ridge of the Dün and to the southwest the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werra Valley Nature Park.

According to "Kassel map" of the natural regional classification of Germany the Ohm Hills are grouped as follows:

The Thuringian State office for the Environment and Geology uses a rather coarser, self-published, region classification, within which the landscape of "Ohm Hills-Bleicherode Hills" is part of the landscape unit "North Thuringian Bunter Sandstone Land".

The muschelkalk ridges of the Ohm Hills and Bleicherode Hills are shown in both classifications as one contiguous natural region. They appear as a continuation of the hills fringing the northwestern perimeter of the Thuringian Basin interrupted only by the Lower Eichsfeld lowland.