Harplage
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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
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, a northeastern range of the Lower Saxon Hills
and borders on the Ambergau to the west. It rises between Bockenem
to the east-northeast and Lamspringe
to the southwest. The ridge lies east of the valley of the River Lamme
and west of the Nette
valley between the northern part of the Ambergau to the north, the southern half of the Ambergau to the south-southeast and the ridge of Heber
to the south. A few kilometres away is the ridge of Hainberg northeast of the Nette valley and somewhat southeast of this rive are the northwestern foothills of the Harz
.
The A 7 motorway and the B 243
federal road run past the Harplage a few kilometres to the east.
and Nette
rivers have their sources in the Harplage, which rises to 290 metres. A number of forest tracks and hiking trails cross the unpopulated ridge, but there are no roads through the hills.
Amongst the attractions of the Harplage are the Dillsgraben sinkhole, which by the castle of Dillsburg on its eastern edge northwest of Königsdahlum at an elevation of 179 metres.
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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...
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Geography
The forested Harplage is located in the district of Hildesheim in the southwestern part of the Innerste UplandsInnerste Uplands
The Innerste Uplands is a landscape region up to 359 m high and covering an area of over 900 km² in the northern part of the German Central Uplands...
, a northeastern range 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....
and borders on the Ambergau to the west. It rises between Bockenem
Bockenem
Bockenem is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany that was founded in 1154. It is located on the German Framework Road.-Surrounding villages:*Jerze*Königsdahlum*Bornum*Mahlum*Schlewecke*Ortshausen*Volkersheim*Hary*Störy...
to the east-northeast and Lamspringe
Lamspringe
Lamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km south of Hildesheim....
to the southwest. The ridge lies east of the valley of the River Lamme
Lamme (river)
Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...
and west of the Nette
Nette (Innerste)
The Nette is a small river in Lower Saxony, Germany, a left tributary of the Innerste. It rises in the Harz, in the municipality of Seesen. The Nette flows through Bockenem before reaching the Innerste in Holle, between Hildesheim and Salzgitter....
valley between the northern part of the Ambergau to the north, the southern half of the Ambergau to the south-southeast and the ridge of Heber
Heber (hills)
The Heber is a hogback ridge, relatively small in area and up to 313.5 metres high, in the Lower Saxon Hills within the districts of Goslar, Northeim and Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :...
to the south. A few kilometres away is the ridge of Hainberg northeast of the Nette valley and somewhat southeast of this rive are the northwestern foothills of 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...
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The A 7 motorway and the B 243
Bundesstraße 243
- Districts and municipalities :* Lower Saxony** Hildesheim *** Hildesheim*** Diekholzen: Egenstedt*** Bad Salzdetfurth: Groß Düngen, Wesseln*** Bockenem: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, Bornum** Goslar...
federal road run past the Harplage a few kilometres to the east.
Description
Several tributary streams of the LammeLamme (river)
Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...
and Nette
Nette (Innerste)
The Nette is a small river in Lower Saxony, Germany, a left tributary of the Innerste. It rises in the Harz, in the municipality of Seesen. The Nette flows through Bockenem before reaching the Innerste in Holle, between Hildesheim and Salzgitter....
rivers have their sources in the Harplage, which rises to 290 metres. A number of forest tracks and hiking trails cross the unpopulated ridge, but there are no roads through the hills.
Amongst the attractions of the Harplage are the Dillsgraben sinkhole, which by the castle of Dillsburg on its eastern edge northwest of Königsdahlum at an elevation of 179 metres.
Hills
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- Riesberg
- Haryberg (285 m)
- Eckartsberg (250 m)
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- Hachumer Berg (270 m)
- Dahlumer Knick (ca. 260 m)
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Settlements
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- BockenemBockenemBockenem is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany that was founded in 1154. It is located on the German Framework Road.-Surrounding villages:*Jerze*Königsdahlum*Bornum*Mahlum*Schlewecke*Ortshausen*Volkersheim*Hary*Störy...
to the east-northeast
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- LamspringeLamspringeLamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km south of Hildesheim....
to the southwest
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