The Homburg Forest ( German : Homburgwald or just Homburg ) also known as the Homburg Hills ( Homburger Berge ) is an area of upland up to 406.1 m above sea level (NN) in the north German state of Lower Saxony .
5-768: The Homburg Forest is located in the district of Holzminden on the eastern flanks of the central line of the Weser Uplands between the uplands and ridges of the Hils to the northeast, the Elfas to the east, the Holzberg to the south, the Amtsberge to the south-southeast, the Solling to the south, Burgberg to the southwest and the Vogler to the northwest. It lies between the towns of Eschershausen to
10-594: The Großer Homburg (ca. 403 m above NN ) stands the Homburg, a ruined castle from whose tower there is a good view of the area. Another good observation point is the [Kellburg Tower ( Kellburgturm , 20 m high) on the Kellberg hill (343,1 m) to the east of Stadtoldendorf. Also worth seeing is the abbey of Amelungsborn , which is west of the Homburg on the southern edge of Das Odfeld . Natural monuments include
15-579: The Seven Brothers' Beech ( Sieben-Brüder-Buche ) and the Tentrus Oak ( Tentruseiche ). Landkreis Holzminden Holzminden ( German pronunciation: [hɔltsˈmɪndn̩] ) is a district in Lower Saxony , Germany , with the town of Holzminden as its administrative capital. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hamelin-Pyrmont , Hildesheim and Northeim , and by
20-474: The north and Stadtoldendorf to the south; a section of the B 64 federal highway from Eschershausen to Einbeck runs past it to the west, north and east. The hills of the Homburg Forest include (heights in metres above Normalnull ; NN: The rivers and streams in and around the Homburg include: Amongst the places of interest, including natural and cultural monuments in the Homburg Forest are: On
25-587: The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Höxter and Lippe ). The district was established in 1833 within the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg . It was moved to the Prussian Province of Hanover as part of a territorial exchange in 1942. The last territorial modification was in 1974. The district is located in the Weserbergland mountains, roughly between Hamelin and Göttingen . The Weser River forms
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