The Münden Nature Park lies within the district of Göttingen, in south 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...

 in Germany

Germany

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Geography

This large and densely wooded nature park

Nature park

A nature park is a landscape protected by means of long-term planning, use and agriculture. These valuable landscapes are preserved in their present state and promoted for touristic purposes....

 was founded in 1959 within the borders of the now defunct district of Münden. It is just under 374 sqkm in area and runs almost from the eastern edge of the town of Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

 and border of Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

 in a northerly direction through the northern part of the Kaufungen Forest via Hann. Münden

Hann. Münden

Hann. Münden is the German official name of a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is located in the district of Göttingen at the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers, which join to form the river Weser. It has 28,000 inhabitants...

 to the Bramwald

Bramwald

The Bramwald is a range of hills up to in the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony . It is a unique, natural, wild, hill and forest landscape...

 and Dransfeld Town Forest. It lies south, east and northeast of the confluence of the Fulda and Werra

Werra

The Werra is a river in central Germany, the right-source river of the Weser. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After 293 km the Werra joins the river Fulda in the town of Hann. Münden, forming the Weser....

 rivers with the Weser and borders in the south and southeast on the Meißner-Kaufungen Forest Nature Park. It is crossed by the A 7 motorway.

Many footpaths criss-cross this forested landscape, including long-distance paths like the Frau Holle Path (Kennzeichnung X4), Werraburgensteig (X5), Studentenpfad (X13) and Fuldahöhenweg (X17). On the Großer Staufenberg there is a glider

Glider (sailplane)

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 airfield.

Hills

The 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...

s in the Münden Nature Park include (heights in metres about sea level (NN)):

Haferberg Haferberg The Haferberg is a hill, , in the Kaufungen Forest in Hesse and Lower Saxony in Germany.- Geography :The densely wooded Haferberg, which is the highest hill in the Münden Nature Park, is located on the border of north Hesse and south Lower Saxony , 1.25 km northwest of the pass of Umschwang,...  (581 m) Großer Steinberg (542 m) Kleiner Steinberg (542 m) Steinbergskopf (ca. 532 m) Häringsnase (508 m) Hoher Hagen Hoher Hagen (Dransfeld) The Hoher Hagen is a volcanic hill that is still high today, in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, in the German district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony.- Geography :...  (508 m) Brackenberg (461,0 m) Dransberg (442 m) Hohe Schleife (442 m) Ossenberg (438 m) Steinberg (near Meensen; 435 m) Großer Staufenberg (427 m) Hühnerfeldberg (425 m)

Places of interest

• Barefoot walk near Nienhagen
• Brackenburg, ruined castle on the Brackenberg near Scheden
  Scheden
  Scheden is a village in the district of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The commune of Scheden consists of the three villages: Scheden, Meensen, and Dankelshausen. The Schede creek runs through the village...
  
  -Meensen
• Bramburg
• Hemeln
  Hemeln
  Hemeln is an outlying borough of the City of Hann. Münden. The village lies on the right bank of the Weser River, 12 km from the city proper. The highways L561 and L560 run through the community. The village's population of some 960 includes those of the two neighboring villages, Glashütte...
  
   − reaction ferry
  Reaction ferry
  A reaction ferry is a cable ferry that uses the reaction of the current of a river against a fixed tether to propel the vessel across the river...
  
   via the Weser to Veckerhagen with its beer garden Zur Fähre ("The Ferry")
• Hohen Hagen
  Hoher Hagen (Dransfeld)
  The Hoher Hagen is a volcanic hill that is still high today, in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, in the German district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony.- Geography :...
  
   − Geology Path and Gauß Tower with its tower restaurant
• Hühnerfeld
• Hühnerfeldberg
• Lippoldsburg
• Naturfreunde, NFH Steinberghaus near Großen Steinberg
• Rinderstall − deer enclosure with inn and small museum, (51°22′26.42"N 9°39′25.35"E)
• Römerlager Hedemünden
• Sichelnstein, ruined castle
• Spiegelburg
• Steinrode, medieval model village of Steinrode near Steinberg youth hostel

External links

• Münden Nature Park