The Aschentalshalbe is a mountain ridge between the Gödeckekopf and Adlersberg (to the west) and the Großer Knollen

Großer Knollen

The Großer Knollen is a high mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The Großer Knollen is located northeast of Herzberg am Harz and Scharzfeld, north of Bad Lauterberg im Harz and south of the hamlet of Sieber...

 to the south. It lies south of the village of Sieber

Sieber (Herzberg am Harz)

Sieber is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in South Lower Saxony .Sieber lies at a height of 340 m above sea level and has about 600 inhabitants . The settlement is spread out over a length of several kilometres in a narrow valley, running from...

 in the district of Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 and comprises three peaks:

• west: 667 m with a view of the Sieber
• centre: 685 m is the highest
• east: 627 m with views to the south

The Harz Club

Harz Club

The Harz Club is club dedicated to maintaining the traditions of the Harz mountains in Germany and looking after the walking trails in the Harz. It was founded in 1886 in Seesen and, today, has about 16,000 members in some 90 branches.- History :...

 trail no. 15 G runs over these three summits. The Aschentalshalbe is also the watershed between the Sieber

Sieber (river)

The Sieber is a 35 km long, right hand tributary of the Oder in the Harz mountains of Germany.It rises at 760 m on the Bruchberg massif and flows through Herzberg before discharging at Hattorf into the Oder which, in turn, flows into the Rhume...

 and the Oder

Oder (Harz)

The Oder is a 56 km long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhume. Its source is in the Harz mountains, near Sankt Andreasberg. It flows southwest through Bad Lauterberg, Pöhlde and Hattorf am Harz...

.

The Aschentalshalbe was named after the Aschental ("Aschen valley"), a neighbouring valley of the Breitental, in which the Tiefenbeek

Tiefenbeek

Tiefenbeek is a river of the German state of Lower Saxony....

 flows.

Neighbouring peaks

In addition to the aforementioned hills, five others rise near to the Aschentalshalbe:

• the Gropenbornskopf to the north
• the Breitentalskopf
  Breitentalskopf
  The Breitentalskopf is a hill in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, that rises southeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It is 579.1 m high and separates the River Sieber from the Breitental valley , that gave the hill its name. Towards the southeast is the...
  
   to the northwest
• the Gödeckenkopf to the east
• the Übelsberg
  Übelsberg
  The Übelsberg is a 651.3 metre high mountain in the South Harz, which lies southwest of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It sits astride the watershed between the Grade Lutter and the Krumme Lutter rivers. The mountain is linked via a ridge to the Aschentalshalbe in...
  
   to the south
• the Schadenbeeksköpfe
  Schadenbeeksköpfe
  The Schadenbeeksköpfe are two summits on a southeastern outlier of the Aschentalshalbe in the Harz Mountains of Germany, about 3.6 kilometres southeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. Their highest peak is 605 metres above sea level. In addition they...
  
  to the southeast