At 527.8 m above sea level

Sea level

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, the Große Blöße is the highest hill

Hill

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...

 in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park

Solling-Vogler Nature Park

The Solling-Vogler Nature Park is a nature park in South Lower Saxony in Germany. It has an area of and was established in 1966.The nature park includes the hill ranges of the Solling and the Vogler but also the Burgberg which lies east of Weser valley between the two upland regions...

, the Solling

Solling

The Solling is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia....

 and the Weser Uplands (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...

, Germany

Germany

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).

Geographical location

The thickly forested hill is located about 7 km (4 mi) (as the crow flies

As the crow flies

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) southwest of Dassel

Dassel

Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains.-History:...

 between the villages of Hellental to the north and Silberborn to the south. It rises on the southeastern flank of the Helle Rift Valley (Hellentaler Graben), through which the River Helle flows. On the far, northwestern, side of this graben

Graben

In geology, a graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. Graben is German for ditch. Graben is used for both the singular and plural....

is the Großer Ahrensberg

Großer Ahrensberg

At the Großer Ahrensberg is one of the highest hills in the Solling range, which is located in southern Lower Saxony in Germany.This densely wooded hill lies about as the crow flies west-southwest of Dassel between the villages of Hellental and Schießhaus to the north and Silberborn to the south...

, the second highest hill in the Solling range.

Summit area

The L 549

Landesstraße

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 country road runs just past the unassuming summit of the Große Blöße through dense woods. The road runs from Dassel via Silberborn and Neuhaus to Boffzen

Boffzen

Boffzen is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany.Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2001-2006:* CDU: 4* SPD: 10* FDP: 1Boffzen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Boffzen....

.