The Hube is a ridge, up to , in the Leine Uplands

Leine Uplands

The Leine Uplands is a region in Germany's Central Uplands which forms a part of the Lower Saxon Hills and lies along the River Leine between Göttingen and Hanover...

 and district of Northeim, 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...

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Geography

The densely wooded Hube lies immediately northeast of the town of Einbeck

Einbeck

Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.-Economy:Einbeck is famous for its 600 year old beer brewery, home of Einbecker Bier, the origin for the term Bock beer...

, with its pretty, timber-framed houses, west of the River Leine and north of the Ilme

Ilme

The Ilme is a left-bank, western tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is 32.6 km long.- Geography :The river begins at the Neuer Teich pond in the centre of the Solling hills at a height of and flows initially northwards to Dassel, then in an easterly direction through...

 valley. Although the ridge, which measures some 8.5 x 5.5 kilometres, is west of the Leine it is counted as part of the southwestern Harz Foreland in Germany's official natural regional classification

Natural regions of Germany

This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis...

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The highest elevation on the Hube is the Fuchshöhlenberg with its transmission mast at . About 150 metres southeast of the tower is the highest point of the actual summit. On the northern edge of the Greene Forest, the northern part of the Hube, are the ruins of Greene Castle above the town of Greene with good views from the castle tower. In the southern part of the Hube, 570 metres north of the Altendorfer Berg and between Einbeck and Negenborn stands the Emperor Frederick Tower (Kaiser-Friedrick-Turm), also called the Einbeck Tower (Einbecker Turm).

Geology

In the Hube region, carbonate rock

Carbonate rock

Carbonate rocks are a class of sedimentary rocks composed primarily of carbonate minerals. The two major types are limestone, which is composed of calcite or aragonite and dolostone, which is composed of the mineral dolomite .Calcite can be either dissolved by groundwater or precipitated by...

s predominate. Upper and Middle Muschelkalk

Muschelkalk

The Muschelkalk is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic age and forms the middle part of the Germanic Trias, that further consists of the Buntsandstein and Keuper...

 occur on its western rim, Lower Muschelkalk in the central area and Bunter Sandstone on its eastern slopes.

Hills

The hills of the Hube, including its foothills, are (sorted by height in metres above sea level (NN):
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• Fuchshöhlenberg (346.2 m)
• Kalkrosenberg (336.0 m)
• Greener Berg (334.0 m)
• Burgberg (ca. 325 m)

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• Einbecker Berg (308.1 m)
• Breitenberg (305.2 m)
• Eschenberg (304.0 m)
• Lietberg (287.7 m)

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• Spillenberg (272.2 m)
• Altendorfer Berg (270.8 m)
• Tauberg (ca. 270 m)
• Röhrenberg (265.8 m)

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• Luhberg (210.2 m)
• Knollenberg (202.3 m)
• Oberg (201.4 m)

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Settlements

Settlements around the Hube whose built-up areas impinge significantly on the ridge are (sorted alphabetically):
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• Andershausen
• Brunsen
• Einbeck
  Einbeck
  Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.-Economy:Einbeck is famous for its 600 year old beer brewery, home of Einbecker Bier, the origin for the term Bock beer...
  
  

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• Garlebsen
• Greene
• Holtershausen

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• Ippensen
• Kreiensen
  Kreiensen
  Kreiensen is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Kreiensen is situated on the river Leine, approx. 20 km north of Northeim, and 35 km south of Hildesheim....
  
  
• Kuventhal

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• Negenborn (with its holiday village)
• Salzderhelden
• Volksen

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Sources

• Fr. Knoll: Topographie des Herzogtums Braunschweig. Verlag Wollermann 1897
• Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumforschung: Geographische Landesaufnahme 1:200000. Naturräumliche Gliederung Deutschlands. Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 99 Göttingen. Bad Godesberg 1963