The Amtsberge are a small ridge of hills, up to 392.2 m above sea level (NN) , near Dassel in southern Lower Saxony in Germany .
6-695: The densely wooded ridge of the Amtsberge is located on the boundary between the districts of Northeim (which is home to the larger part of the Amtsberge) and Holzminden (which contains the northwestern portion of the Amtsberge) and also on the boundary between the Leine Uplands to the east and the Weser Uplands to the west. It lies northeast of the Solling range between Stadtoldendorf in
12-584: Is a district in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Holzminden , Hildesheim , Goslar and Göttingen , and the state of Hesse (district of Kassel ). In medieval times the area had been part of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg . Later the majority of it belonged to Hanover and then Prussia . In 1885 the Prussian government created districts in
18-695: The River Lenne (an eastern tributary of the Weser) flowing northwest. The southern end of the hills is passed by the middle reaches of the Spüligbach (northwestern tributary of the Ilme ) heading southeast. To the east are the middle reaches of the Bewer . Amongst the hills of the Amtsberge are the following − sorted by height in metres above sea level (NN) : * a trigonometric point (at 375.6 m) lies on
24-552: The newly acquired provinces. In 1884 the districts of Einbeck, Northeim, and Uslar were established. Northeim and Uslar were merged in 1932, and they were again merged with Einbeck in 1974. The district's area was further enlarged in 1977, when some municipalities of neighbouring districts (Gandersheim and Osterode am Harz) joined the Northeim district. The district is located in the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser forms
30-685: The northwest slope of the Belzer Berg Amongst the streams and rivers in and around the Amtsberge are the: Places in and on the Amtsberge: Apart from the charm of its woods, the places of interest in the Amtsberge include the Teichklippe crags, that are located on the ridge between Mackensen and Denkiehausen , and the ruins of Hunnesrück Castle , that lie south of the ridge north of Dassel and between Mackensen and Hunnesrück . Landkreis Northeim Northeim
36-587: The northwest, the Homburg Forest in the north-northwest, the Elfas to the north-northeast, Dassel to the south and the ridge of Holzberg to the west, from which it is only separated by the little valley of the Teichbach stream. Several streams rise within the Amtsberge that are tributaries of the rivers Weser and Leine . The northwestern foothills of the Amtsberge are passed by the upper reaches of
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