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The Seven Mountains at Alfeld as part of the bag well ( B)

The Seven Mountains are one to 395 m above sea level. NN high ridge in the Lower Saxony hill country, in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

Together with the foothills and the Sackwald include the seven mountains to the geological structure of the bag dump. With the Snow White fairy tale they have nothing to do. The widespread number seven, which is also found in fairy tales, is found also happens here. Based on the novel " The Bruderhof " by Heinrich Sohnrey of 1895, the hills were previously known as well as "The Seven Brothers".

Geography

The ridge of the Seven Mountains is located in the eastern part of the leash highlands, a northern part of the Lower Saxony highlands. It lies between Gronau on a leash in the north, Sibbesse in the northeast and in the south of Alfeld.

Surrounded are the seven mountains of the mountain ranges Hildesheimer forest in the northeast, Sauberge in the East- Northeast, foothills to the east and Sackwald in the southeast. To the west, the valley of the line connects, behind which the ridge Ith spreads. In the foothills they go topographically considered over seamlessly. At the edge of the Seven Mountains rise several streams, open their water sooner or later in the line.

The uninhabited seven mountains are crossed by several forest and hiking trails. Roads do not lead through the area.

Reach are the seven mountains on which in Alfeld of the B 3 branching, winding country road L 485 as well as the branching off dead ends.

Surveys

(. 395 m above sea level ), the Seven Mountains, whose highest "mountain" the High Table is made ​​in north-south direction seen from these elevations ( heights in meters above mean sea level ):

  • Hörzen ( 364.1 m) - east of Bruggen
  • High panel (395 m; well Tafelberg ) - east-southeast v. Brüggen - with Ernst Binnewies Tower ( popularly Table Mountain Tower, observation tower )
  • Saalberg ( 313.2 m) - southeast of Bruggen
  • East Mountain ( 359.8 m) - east of Dehnsen ( district Alfeld )
  • Lauenberg ( 333.4 m) - north-northeast of Eimsen ( district Alfeld )
  • Heimberg ( 316.3 m) - northeast of Eimsen
  • Himmelberg ( 307.5 m) - north of Alfeld - with Himmelberg tower ( 22.12 m)

Other surveys, bordering the seven mountains are ( sorted by height):

  • Nesselberg ( 362.2 m) - east-southeast of Bruggen
  • Nußberg (301 m) - between Rheden and Eberholzen - with near Telecommunication Tower
  • Local mountain ( 279 m) - northeast of Alfeld

Watercourses

Among the rivers in and around the Siebenbergen include:

  • Despe, the seven mountains to the north in an east-west direction happened flowing, eastern tributary of the Leine
  • Hahmbach, rises in the north- northeastern part of the seven hills on interface to foothills, southern tributary of the Despe
  • Line, passing through the seven mountains to the west in south-north direction flowing, left tributary of the Aller, tributary of the Weser
  • Wispe flows at Wispenstein in the line
  • ( Warning ) The Alfelder citizens initiated from the 14th century, Warne in the city of Alfeld; the Upper and Lower Warne mill were operated with the water.

Towns

Among the villages on the outskirts of the Seven Mountains include:

  • Alfeld on the Leine, south of the Seven Mountains
  • Brüggen on a leash, northwest of the Seven Mountains
  • Eberholzen on Hahmbach, north -northeast of the Seven Mountains
  • Gronau on a leash, to the north of the Seven Mountains
  • Rheden east of the line, west of the Seven Mountains
  • Sibbesse in the catchment area of the Despe, northeast of the Seven Mountains

Snow white

To bring about a greater awareness of the ridge of the Seven Mountains, a correlation with the recorded by the Brothers Grimm by the beginning of the 19th century fairy tale Snow White is often made. In the fairy tale Snow White lived with seven dwarfs behind the seven mountains.

The tale is locates in different regions in Germany. This included a period of time, the Alfeld region in southern Lower Saxony, the state of the narrative research rather speaks against that the origin lies here. When one attacks the seven mountains as a geographical indication, one finds indeed the northwest of the mining town it Osterwald, Town of Salzhemmendorf on the same ridge Osterwald in Leinebergland. There also since the 16th century, a coal mine ( hut studs Osterwald ) was operated. Glass production there was near by the Lauensteiner glass. If you extend the line from Osterwald on the Seven Mountains at Alfeld, one comes to the ruins of Stauffenburg in which the evil stepmother had lived. However, a local reference to the fairy tale collectors, the brothers Grimm is not available because the Brothers Grimm did not teach at the time of collection of the fairy tale at the University of Göttingen and at nearby have no demonstrable stopped in Alfelder room. The tale is found in the first edition of the KHM of 1812, long before the wrath moved to Göttingen.

Say

The seven mountains have a reference to the environment of the legendary figure of the Wild Hunter, a personification of Wotan. After the traditional legends material chasing "Did hunter " and also just in Sackwald. This is indicated by the traditional name of the Seven Mountains as the " Seven Brothers " back, which is yet to be established in the 19th century. According to popular in the region version of the legend of the wild huntsman had seven sons. The standing contrary to their name irrefutable fact that the so-called "seven mountains " are not visually distinguishable to the adjacent surveys, ie that in reality more than seven surveys on the hills belong, can it be interpreted easily explained. The term originally meant not the number of hills. Was originally the affected area of the blind forest allocated to the seven brothers as a sacred area ( " The Sacred Wood " ), the mountains were first referred to themselves as seven brothers in a first train of the design displacement. As this term over time was incomprehensible, the term "Seven Mountains" spread. Immediately prior to the hills of the seven mountains lie to the leash towards two small hills that bear the names " Front grove wood " and " Rear grove wood ".

Attractions

Other attractions in the Seven Mountains is one next to the local forest landscape, which can be explored, for example, various hiking trails, lookout towers Himmelberg Tower and Ernst- Binnewies Tower. The ruins of the school Burger Chapel, northeast of Long Lumber and north of bag (both Alfelder districts ) to about 185 m above sea level. NN is on the southwestern edge of the foothills, is worth seeing. On the Mount Werner height ( 330 m above sea level. NN ) is found in the foothills of the culture hostel Werner height, can stay in the Walker. On the north - northwestern edge of the Seven Mountains is a gliding field.

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  • Mountains in Germany
  • Geography ( Hildesheim )
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