The Salzgitter Hills (, also Salzgitterscher Höhenzug) is an area of upland up to in height, in the Lower Saxon Hills between Salzgitter and Goslar in the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Goslar and in the territory of the independent town of Salzgitter. The hills lie in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
The German name of is a term used in the northern Harz Foreland, albeit not found on maps, and is used to mean the string of hills north of the Harz Mountains between the towns mentioned above.
The state forest of the Salzgitter Hills is managed by several Lower Saxony forestry offices, including the in Salzgitter-Salder.
The Salzgitter Hills can be divided into these four unnamed sections: Northwest section (mainly comprising the Lichtenberge)(up to 254.2 m high; between Holle and Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen) North-central section(up to 275.3 m high; between Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen and Salzgitter-Bad) South-central section(up to 307.0 m high; between Salzgitter-Bad and Liebenburg) Southern section(up to 322.9 m high; between Liebenburg and Goslar-Immenrode and Goslar-Hahndorf)
Hills
The hills of the Salzgitter range include (in order of height in m above NN):
Northwest section
Lichtenberge:
Adlershorst (254.2 m) Burgberg (241.1 m) – with the ruins of Lichtenberg Castle Herzberg (237 m) Langer Berg (230.4 m) Kalkrosenberg (220 m) Lindenberg (219.2 m) Friesenberg (217 m) Steinkuhlenberge (200.9 m and 195.1 m) Bockernberg (190 m)
South of the Lichtenberge and also in the northwest section is a ridge that is separated from them by the valley of the Oelber Bach, in which the village of Oelber on white hills and the settlement of Altenhagen lies. It consists of the following: Sieben Köpfe (243 m; bei Gustedt; eastern part) Gustedter Berg (ca. 230 m; central part) Elber Berg (225 m; western part)
North-central section
Hamberg (275.3 m) – with the Bismarck Tower
Dahlenberg (263.8 m; west of Haus Harbeck) Knickeln Berg (263.6 m; south of Dahlenberg) Schellenberg (259.9 m; north of Haus Harbeck) Königsberg (241.9 m; near Calbecht) Großer Vorberg (ca. 235 m) Kleiner Vorberg (228.1 m) Vorberg (226.0 m) Heinemannshöhe (222.2 m) Friesenberg (217 m) Schneidlersberg (198.0 m and 192.3 m; east of the L472) Fuchsberg (192.3 m; east of the L472)
South-central section
Sieben Köpfe (near Othfresen; their highest is): Bärenkopf (307.0 m) – with the ruins of an observation tower Döhrenberg (ca. 240 m) Rohenberg (ca. 240 m) Lewer Berg (227.0 m) Kassebusch (204.2 m)
Southern section
Vier Berge (322.9 m) Fischerköpfe (309.1 m) Querberg (303.4 m) Königsberg (293.9 m; near Weddingen) Meseburg (291.0 m) Barley (288.4 m) Langenberg (287.3 m) Glockenberg (284.4 m) Schneeberg (282.6 m) Försterberg (279.2 m) Frankenberg (269.2 m) Grotenberg (256.1 m)
Bodies of water
Streams and rivers
The streams and rivers in and on the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Fuhse – passes to the east of the northern central and northwestern sections
Hengstebach – rises west of the northern central section in der municipality of Elbe; eastern tributary of the Innerste Innerste – passes the hills to the west Oker – passes east of the southern section Warne – rises on the transition from the northern to the southern central section near Salzgitter-Bad; western tributary of the Oker
Lakes
The lakes in and around the Salzgitter Hills include the:
Reihersee – in the north of the northern central section; south of Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen Fortunateich – in the north of the southern section; east of Liebenburg-Heißum Morgensternteich – in the south of the southern section; northeast of Goslar-Hahndorf
Settlements
Amongst the (generally larger) villages and towns in and around the Salzgitter Hills (from northwest to southeast) are: