The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony , about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover . It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next in the chain of hills to the south is the Kleiner Deister ("Little Deister") from which it is separated by the flat pass of the Deister Gate . It is surrounded by Springe, Wennigsen , Barsinghausen , Bad Nenndorf , Rodenberg and Bad Münder (counter-clockwise, starting in the south).
12-538: It has a total length of 21 km (14 mi), and rises in the Hofeler to a height of 395 m (1,250 ft). The highest point is the Bröhn at 405 m (1,312 ft). The chain is well-wooded and abounds in game. From the 17th century on there were several coal mines; the last was abandoned in the 1950s. Sandstone from quarries in eastern Deister was used in several important buildings all over Europe, including
24-635: Is the highest hill in the Deister range in the German state of Lower Saxony , reaching 405 metres (1,329 ft). It owes its name to the broom ( Besenginster , but formerly known as Bröm or Bram ) growing here. The highest point of the hill is close to the Anna Tower, an observation tower on the territory of the town of Springe close to the boundary of the municipality of Wennigsen . At 405.0 metres (1,328.7 ft) above sea level (NN) ,
36-506: The Höfeler (395 metres or 1,296 feet), is a tower belonging to German Air Traffic Control with a SRE-M [ de ] radar site. Each of the six SRE-M sites across the country has a capture radius of about 269 kilometres (167 mi). In the vicinity on the crest of the Deister are other flight safety installations. In the 1950s there was an air traffic control centre of
48-562: The BMVI by ordinance and collected directly by DFS) According to the Gesellschaftsvertrag , DFS is a not-for-profit company. Any surpluses generated must also be repaid in accordance with the internationally accepted principles for the collection of air navigation charges to airspace users. DFS operates four area control centers located in: DFS operates the air navigation services on behalf and at its own expense, as defined by
60-596: The Bröhn is, On the summit of the Bröhn stands the Anna Tower ( Annaturm ), a 28-metre-high (92 ft) microwave tower made of reinforced concrete, the fifth successor to the original survey tower that was built on this spot at the instigation of Professor Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1834. The panoramic view from this observation tower in good weather over the Calenberg Land reaches as far as Hildesheim and Hanover , to Lake Steinhude , and also over
72-730: The pine marten and beech marten , stoat , polecat , dwarf weasel and red fox . Birds of prey include the buzzard , goshawk and red kite . Rarer small animals include the mouse-eared bat and lesser horseshoe bat . Most of the hills in the Deister have a tower at the top, used for various purposes. The one on the Großer Hals is for telecommunications, while the one on the Höfeler is used for air traffic control . The others are for sightseeing and restaurants. 52°15′N 9°30′E / 52.250°N 9.500°E / 52.250; 9.500 Br%C3%B6hn The Bröhn
84-567: The Federal Agency for Air Safety. At 11 am on a September day in 1958 an F-84 Thunderjet fighter of the Danish Air Force crashed about 300 metres (980 ft) east of the control centre. The aeroplane grazed several treetops over a distance of some 500 metres (1,600 ft) before exploding. The 24-year-old pilot, Jörgensen , died in the crash. He had taken off with his squadron from Copenhagen and his destination
96-649: The handling of both civil and military air traffic in peacetime. Only military aerodromes are exempted from this integration. DFS was formed by the Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung [ de ] (BFS). The BFS was established in 1953 and closed in January 1993. Previously, DFS was founded as a private GmbH . DFS's running costs are covered by applicable route charges ("Flugsicherungsgebühren", collected by Eurocontrol for its 37 participating member states) and by approach and departure fees (determination by
108-468: The northern Weser Uplands . Next to the Anna Tower is a woodland inn of the same name. The Anna Tower is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the car park on the Nienstedt Pass . It is also about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Springe (via the car park towards Köllnischfeld ). The Anna Tower is open between 10 am and 5 pm every day except Mondays. Not far from the Bröhn , on
120-659: The opera house in Hanover and the Reichstag in Berlin . Today the Deister is a popular target for people of the Hanover area for walking and cycling. The Deister is a border region since ancient times. Here one can find many places with memorial stones, tumuli and ruins of castles. The ridge is covered by a mixed forest of beech and spruce and, in places, also beech and oak . On the Cecilienhöhe near Bad Nenndorf, at
132-582: The picnic area of Lauenau -Feggendorf and southwest of the old forester's lodge at Köllnischfeld are several examples of the rare, native dwarf beech ( Süntelbuche ). Amongst the rarer plants on the Deister are species of holly , mezereon , orchids , sundews , globeflowers , hard shield fern , and great snowdrops . The Deister is home to the typical animals found in the German Central Uplands . Red deer , roe deer and wild boar are very common. Other wild animals occurring here are
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#1732771770812144-757: Was the Upjever air base near Schortens . In fog, he lost his bearings and sent his last position report at a height of 250 metres (820 ft) over Stadthagen . Deutsche Flugsicherung Deutsche Flugsicherung ( DFS ) is the company in charge of air traffic control for Germany. It is a company organized under private law and 100% owned by the Federal Republic of Germany . Since January 1993, DFS has been controlling air traffic in Germany. In Germany, military and civil air traffic controllers work side by side. Since 1994, DFS has been responsible for
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