Sieben Berge (hills)
| Sieben Berge | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Hohe Tafel |
| Elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hildesheim district |
| Range coordinates | 52°02′N 9°50′E / 52.03°N 9.83°ECoordinates: 52°02′N 9°50′E / 52.03°N 9.83°E |
| Parent range | Leine Uplands |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
The Sieben Berge ("Seven Hills") are a ridge of hills up to 395 m above sea level (NN) in the Lower Saxon Hills in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony (Germany). Together with the Vorberge and the Sackwald the Sieben Berge belong to the geological formation of the Sackmulde.
They are famous as a result of the fairy tale, Snow White.
The Sieben Berge ridge is located in the east of the Leine Uplands, a northern part of the Lower Saxon Hills. It lies between Gronau on the Leine to the north, Sibbesse to the northeast and Alfeld to the south.
The Sieben Berge are surrounded by the hills of the Hildesheim Forest to the northeast, the Sauberge to the east-northeast, the Vorberge to the east and the Sackwald to the southeast. To the west runs the valley of the Leine, behind which rises the Ith ridge. Topographically it transitions to the Vorberge almost seamlessly. Within and on the edge of the Sieben Berge rise several brooks whose waters flow, sooner or later, into the Leine.
There are no roads through the unpopulated Sieben Berge, but it is crossed by several forest tracks and walking trails (including the roughly 15 km long Snow White Path, which was named in 2002), on which the wooded terrain can be explored. It may be reached via, for example, the winding state road (Landesstraße) of the L 485 which branches off the B 3 in Alfeld, and which runs northeast linking Alfeld with Sibbesse and, further to the north, Hildesheim.
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