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{{Infobox mountain range
| name = Holzberg
| map_image = Reliefkarte Homburg, Elfas, Holzberg, Amtsberge.png
| map_caption = The Holzberg and its neighbouring ranges near [[Stadtoldendorf]]
| photo = Holzberg.jpg
| photo_caption = The Holzberg ridge seen from the north
| state = Near [[Stadtoldendorf]], [[Landkreis Holzminden]], [[Niedersachsen]] ([[Deutschland]])
| parent = [[Weser-Leine Uplands]];<br />[[Leine]] and [[Weser Uplands]]
| location =
| geology = [[Limestone]], [[sandstone]]
| period = [[Muschelkalk]], [[bunter sandstone]]
| area_km2 =
| orogeny =
| highest = Holzberg
| elevation = {{Höhe|444.5|DE-NHN}}
| length_km =
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates ={{Coord|51|51|N|9|38.5|E|type:mountain_elevation:445_region:DE-NI_dim:2500|display=inline,title}}
}}
The '''Holzberg''' is a small range of hills up to {{Höhe|444.5|DE-NHN|link=true}}{{GeoQuelle|DE|BFN-Karten}} in south [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].
==Geography==
The forested ridge of the Holzberg is located in the district of [[Landkreis Holzminden|Holzminden]] at the junction of the [[Leine Uplands]] in the east and the [[Weser Uplands]] in the west. It lies northeast of the [[Solling]] between  [[Stadtoldendorf]] and the [[Homburg Forest]] to the north, the [[Elfas]] to the northeast, the [[Amtsberge]] to the east, from which it is separate by the small valley of the Teichbach, and [[Dassel]] to the southeast. The eastern part of the Holzberg is called the Denkiehausen Forest (''Denkiehäuser Wald'')
Several streams rise on the Holzberg ridge that, sooner or later, become tributaries of the [[Leine (river)|Leine]] and [[Weser]]. Its northern foothills are drained by the  [[Lenne (Weser)|Lenne]] (an eastern tributary of the Weser) which rises in the area and flows northwest; its eastern slopes by the Teichbach (northern tributary of the Spüligbach); its southern foothills by the upper course of the [[Spüligbach (Ilme)|Spüligbach]] (northwestern tributary of the [[Ilme]]) and its western slopes by the Eberbach (southwestern source stream of the [[Forstbach]]).
=== Natural regions ===
The Holzberg, together with the [[Amtsberge]] hills to the southeast and the [[Ellensen Forest]] which lies beyond it, belong to the [[natural region]] known as ''Amtsberge'' (371.04) within the sub-unit of the Northern Solling Foreland (371.0) in the major unit of the Solling Foreland (371) and in the major unit group of the [[Weser-Leine Uplands]] (No.&nbsp;37). The land transitions to the northwest into the natural region of the Stadtoldendorf Plateau (''Stadtoldendorfer Hochfläche'') (371.02) and to the northeast into the [[Elfas]] Hinterland (''Elfasumland'') (371.06). To the southwest is the subunit of the Northern [[Solling]] (370.0) within the major unit of Solling, Bramwald and Reinhardswald (370).<ref name="BfL-099"/>
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==Nature conservation==
Parts of the Holzberg are designated as [[Richtlinie 92/43/EWG (FFH-Richtlinie)|FFH-Schutzgebiet]] ausgewiesen worden, da die hier aufzufindenden Biotope wie [[Magerrasen|Magerwiese]], [[Moor#Quellmoore|Quellmoor]] oder [[Rotbuchenwald#Trockenhang-Kalkbuchenwälder)|Kalkbuchenwald]] Lebensraum für bedrohte Tier- und Pflanzenarten wie die [[Schmale Windelschnecke]], die [[Schuppenfrüchtige Gelb-Segge]] oder das [[Breitblättriges Wollgras|Breitblättrige Wollgras]] sind.
Das nordwestliche Umland des Holzberges ist Lebensraum für schutzwürdige Vogelarten wie [[Grauspecht]], [[Rotmilan]] oder [[Uhu]]. Es unterliegt der [[Richtlinie 79/409/EWG über die Erhaltung der wildlebenden Vogelarten|EU-Vogelschutzrichtlinie]].
==Sehenswertes==
Zu den [[Sehenswürdigkeit]]en des Höhenzugs Holzberg gehören neben der Waldlandschaft (interessante Flora auf [[Muschelkalk]]boden) die „Klippen“, die maximal {{Höhe|441.3|DE-NN}} erreichen, östlich von Braak (Ortsteil von [[Deensen]]) liegen und steil zu dieser Ortschaft abfallen. -->
== Hills ==
The highest elevations on the Holzberg ridge include (in metres above [[Normalnull|NN]]):
* Holzberg (444.5 m) {{GeoQuelle|DE|BFN-Karten}}<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo" /> – on the southern rocky slopes of the Holzberg
* Unnamed peak (441.3 m)<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo" /> – south of the (western) crags (''Klippen'')
* Unnamed peak (405.4 m)<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo" /> – south of the (western) crags
* Unnamed peak (436.0 m)<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo" /> – in the central Holzberg
* Unnamed peak (397.0 m)<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo" /> – northeast of the (western) crags
==Streams==
The streams of the Holzberg include the:
* Eberbach (southwest source stream of the [[Forstbach]])
* [[Lenne (Weser)|Lenne]] (eastern tributary of the [[Weser]]; rises on the northern edge of the Holzberg)
* [[Spüligbach (Ilme)|Spüligbach]] (northwestern tributary of the Ilme; rises on the southern edge of the Holzberg)
* Teichbach (northern tributary of the Spüligbach)
==Towns and villages==
* [[Dassel]] - to the southeast
* [[Deensen]] - to the west
* [[Heinade]] - to the south
* [[Stadtoldendorf]] - to the north
* [[Wangelnstedt]] - to the northeast
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="BfL-099">Jürgen Hövermann: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme: [[Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands#Einzelblätter|Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt&nbsp;99]] Göttingen.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1963. →&nbsp;[http://geographie.giersbeck.de/karten/099.pdf online map] (pdf; 4.1&nbsp;MB)</ref>
<ref name="TpKarNPSoVo">''Wandern und Freizeit im Naturpark Solling-Vogler'', Topographical Map (1:50,000; 1975),<br />Publisher: Niedersächsisches Landesverwaltungsamt – Landesvermessung<!--ISBN not known--></ref>
</references>
[[Category:Central Uplands]]
[[Category:Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Hill ranges of Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands]]