The Grinderwald is a mixed forest and a low hill range, up to , in Hanover Region and the Lower Saxon

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...

 district of Nienburg/Weser in Germany

Germany

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Geology

The Grinderwald is an Old Moraine

Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past glacial maximum. This debris may have been plucked off a valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have...

 plateau that was formed from deposits of boulders and debris during the Ice Age

Ice age

An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...

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Hills

Amongst the high points in the hillocky terrain of the Grinderwalds are the following, sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN):

Hüttenberg (101 m) Himberg (98.8 m) Eckberge (91 m) Lichtenberg (85.4 m)

Masekersberg (83.1 m) Spielberg (76.0 m) Lehmberg (72.8 m) Reihersberg (71 m)

Brand (67.3 m) Uhlenberg (65.8 m) Saalhorstberg (62 m)