Harburg Hills

Harburg Hills Harburger Berge
Relief map
Highest point
Peak	Hülsenberg
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Geography
States	Germany Lower Saxony Hamburg
Range coordinates	53°25′21.82″N 9°51′13.34″E

The Harburg Hills (German: Harburger Berge) are a low ridge in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony and the southern part of the city state of Hamburg. They are up to 155 metres (509 ft) high.

Geography and history

The Harburg Hills lie northwest of the Lüneburg Heath in the Lower Saxon district of Landkreis Harburg and in the Hamburg quarters of Eißendorf, Hausbruch, Heimfeld, Marmstorf and Neugraben-Fischbek within the Harburg borough. Thus they are located between the city of Hamburg to the north, Seevetal to the east, the Lüneburg Heath to the southeast, Handeloh, Welle and Otter to the south, Tostedt and Buchholz in der Nordheide to the southwest, Hollenstedt and Beckdorf to the west and Neu Wulmstorf to the northwest. At the centre of this hill country is the municipal district of Rosengarten (which consists of ten separate villages and covers an area of some 64 km² (25 sq. miles)). The geographic centre of the Harburg Hills is the Buchholz motorway (Autobahn) interchange on the A 1. The hills are framed by the Seeve river in the east and the Este river in the west.

The Harburg Hills are end moraines that were formed in the Saalian glaciation and Weichselian Ice Age. They are a popular recreation area.^[1]

Terrain

The Harburg Hills form a landscape of hilly forests, heaths and farmland. They contain protected nature reserves: the Fischbeker Heide [de] (Fischbek Heath, 1958), the Schwarze Berge (Black Hills), Buchenwälder im Rosengarten [de] and Landschaftsschutzgebiet Rosengarten–Kiekeberg–Stuvenwald [de] (1965), and Neugrabener Heide, as well as the Wildpark Schwarze Berge [de].

Access

The area is crossed by the A 1 and A 261 Autobahns; junctions Neu Wulmstorf-Rade, Buchholz-Dibbersen (both on the A 1) and Rosengarten-Tötensen (A 261) enabling easy access to the hills. The A 7 runs through the northeastern part of the region; leave at the Marmstorf exit.

Hills

Summit obelisk on the Hasselbrack

• Gannaberg [de] (155 m), Harburg district, Langenrehm village (with the Rosengarten radio and TV tower)^[1]
• Hülsenberg [de] (155 m), Harburg district
• Brunsberg (129 m), Harburg district
• Kiekeberg (127 m), Harburg district, Black Hills (Schwarze Berge)
• Hasselbrack (116.2 m), highest elevation in Hamburg.^[1][2]
• Fistelberge (107 m), Harburg district, Black Hills
• Flidderberg (107 m), Harburg district, Lohberge

References

1. Harburger Berge / Hamburgs Alpen Hamburg 2021
2. Geologisches Landesamt Hamburg (Hamburg state office of geological affairs) (2007), Statistisches Jahrbuch 2007/2008 (in German), Hamburg: Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, ISSN 1614-8045

External links

• Auf Gipfeltour in den Harburger Bergen (in German) NDR 16 July 2020
• Wildpark Schwarze Berge (in German)