The Ith ( German: [iːt] ) is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometres, is the longest line of crags in North Germany .
16-615: The Ith is immediately northwest of the Hils ridge in the Leine Uplands . It runs in a northwest–southeast direction from Coppenbrügge in the north to Holzen in the south. The highest elevation on this forested knife-edge ridge is the Lauensteiner Kopf at 439 m above NN which has an observation tower, the Ithturm , and is located in the northern half of
32-653: A monument on the Ith in their memory. On the Ith, but not at the top, there are two other glider airfields: Hellenhagen Airfield in Halle -Bremke and Ith-West Airfield in Bisperode. [REDACTED] Media related to Ith at Wikimedia Commons Hils The Hils is a range of hills in Germany's Central Uplands that is up to 480.4 m high. It is located in the districts of Holzminden , Hildesheim and Northeim , in
48-687: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Uplands The Central Uplands ( German : die Mittelgebirge ) is one of the three major natural regions of Germany . It stretches east to west across the country. To the north lies the North German Plain or Northern Lowland ; to the south, the Alps and the Alpine Foreland . The German Central Uplands, like the Scandinavian and British mountain ranges and
64-408: Is a popular destination especially for hikers, climbers and glider pilots. The ridgeway draws many walkers especially in the springtime, when trees and flowers are blossoming, due to the distinctive stands of Wood Anemone and Bulbous Corydalis . There are several well-signed footpaths on the Ith heights. The section from Bisperode to Holzen of European walking route E11 runs along the crest of
80-813: The Harz ), or downfaulted (trough faults or graben such as the Upper Rhine Valley ) or thrust over one another (tilted fault blocks such as the Ore Mountains ). Thus the German Central Uplands exhibit the widest variety of forms, something that is also attributable to the erosion of sediments from the Mesozoic ( Triassic , Jurassic and Cretaceous ). In some ranges the sediments have been relatively well-preserved, in others they have been carried away completely. The determining factor
96-626: The Holzener Pass . The highest hill on the densely forested Ith is the Lauensteiner Kopf at 439 m above NN . It is located in the Krüllbrink , the name of the northern part of the Ith and has an observation tower, the Ith Tower . This hill, together with other summits, crags and foothills of the Ith are given below in order of their height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN unless stated otherwise): The Ith
112-737: The Mönchstein ("Monk's Rock"), the Krötenkopf ("Frog's Head"), and the Garwindelstein . At the southern end of the ridge, north of the parish of Holzen – reached over the Holzen Pass (B 240) – lies below the 395 m high Rothenstein the Ithwiesen Glider Airfield used by the aviation sports club of Ithwiesen. There has been an airfield on the crest of the Ith since the early 1930s. In 1942
128-609: The Permian period. During the Triassic period, which began about 225 million years ago, what is now central Europe was sometimes above and sometimes below sea level. As a result, there are various layers of sedimentary rock in the Central Uplands: in most cases new red sandstone has been laid down as the terrestrial layer of rock and keuper and muschelkalk as marine sedimentary layers. The Jurassic period primarily saw
144-532: The Urals , belong to the oldest mountains of Europe, even if their present-day appearance has only developed relatively recently. In the Carboniferous , i.e. about 350 million years ago, Variscan mountain ranges were formed in central Europe by the uplifting caused by tectonic plate collision. Immediately after their formation the erosion of the mountains began under the influence of exogenous processes during
160-797: The Ith, the so-called Krüllbrink , between the villages of Bisperode and Lauenstein. The streams on the Ith flow west via the Ilse, Remte and Lenne into the Weser or east via the Saale into the Leine . The Ith is crossed by two roads: in the north by the L ;425 between Haus Harderode and Lauenstein over the Lauenstein Pass , and in the south by the B ;240 between Lüerdissen and Capellenhagen over
176-644: The Ith. There are a large number of striking rock formations ( Klippen ) along the Ith ridge, some of which may be used for climbing. These include the Lüerdissener Klippen that are up to 30 m high. As a result, the Ith is the busiest climbing area in the state of Lower Saxony. Almost all the rocks are named; examples include the Adam und Eva , the Kamel , the Teufelsküche ("Devil's Kitchen"),
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#1732780892750192-743: The Nazi leadership established the Ith Reichs Glider School in Holzen-Ith. Many pilots received their basic flying training there until the end of the war. After the war ended British occupation forces used the terrain as a "Rest Centre", a type of recreation centre. In 1949 the AHQ Gliding Club, to which up to 30 active pilots in the RAF belonged, took over training on the site. In 1971 the first community service school in Germany
208-785: The formation of limestone , whilst chalk was the main deposition from the Cretaceous period. With the beginning of the Cenozoic era, some 70 million years ago, the process of erosion of the Hercynian mountain ranges changed. During the Tertiary , alpidic mountain building took place, in the course of which strong forces deformed the stumps of the Hercynian mountains. As these rocks were already folded, further tension led to cracks and fractures, which in turn created fault blocks . These blocks were later uplifted (forming horsts such as
224-762: The nearby Großer Sohl (472 m), on which a monument to the poet, Wilhelm Raabe , has been erected next to the Wilhelm Raabe Tower named after him. Numerous walking trails run through the Hils, which is accessible from the B 3 , B 64 and B 240 federal highways. The towns and villages which lie immediately in and around the Hils are: Coppengrave , Delligsen , Duingen , Eschershausen , Fölziehausen, Grünenplan , Hohenbüchen , Hohe Warte , Holzen , Kaierde , Varrigsen. 51°56′N 9°45′E / 51.933°N 9.750°E / 51.933; 9.750 This Lower Saxony location article
240-450: The state of Lower Saxony . The heavily forested massif of the Hils, which is part of the Leine Uplands and Weser-Leine Uplands , is immediately southeast of the knife edge ridge known as the Ith . It is located roughly northwest of Einbeck between Holzen to the west and Delligsen to the east. The highest elevation in the Hils is the 480.4 m high Bloße Zelle , the second highest
256-649: Was established here, the Zivildienstschule ;I . The present glider airfield is located somewhat south east of the original one and no longer uses the old buildings. On 8 June 1979 a Bundeswehr helicopter of the Alouette ;II type crashed on landing on the Ith airfield. The pilot from the 12th Army Aviation Squadron ( Heeresfliegerstaffel 12 ) and two accompanying soldiers of the 352nd Panzergrenadier Battalion ( Panzergrenadierbataillon 352 ) were killed. Since 8 June 1987 there has been
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