Harbarnsen is a town in the district of Hildesheim

Hildesheim (district)

Hildesheim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Hanover, Peine, Wolfenbüttel, Goslar, Northeim, Holzminden and Hamelin-Pyrmont.-History:...

 in 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

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is part of the Samtgemeinde Lamspringe

Lamspringe (Samtgemeinde)

Lamspringe is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Lamspringe.The Samtgemeinde Lamspringe consists of the following municipalities:# Harbarnsen# Lamspringe...

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Geography

Harbarnsen is situated in an agricultural region between the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln Nature Park and the Harz

Harz

The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...

, roughly 9 km southwest of Bad Salzdetfurth

Bad Salzdetfurth

is a town on the banks of the river Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.-Geography:...

. Surrounding hill ranges, namely Sackwald

Sackwald

The Sackwald is a ridge, up to high, in the Lower Saxon Hills in the district of Hildesheim in the North German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the village of Sack in the borough of Alfeld, the name meaning "Sack Forest"....

, Harplage

Harplage

The Harplage is a hill range, up to 290 metres high, located west-northwest of the Harz in the southeast of the German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :...

 and Heber

Heber

Heber may be:-Religious traditions:*One of the Minor characters in the Book of Genesis*Heber the Kenite, mentioned in the Book of Judges 4:17 of the Hebrew Bible as Jael's husband...

, are parts of the Lower Saxon Hills

Lower Saxon Hills

The Lower Saxon Hills are one the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the Weser Uplands in its wider sense....

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Division of the municipality

The municipality of Harbarnsen consists of two districts, Harbarnsen and Irmenseul.

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