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|name = Sauberge
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|country = Germany
|state= Lower Saxony
|district=Hildesheim
|parent=[[Innerste Uplands]]
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|highest=Hammerstein's Höhe
|elevation_m=317
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The '''Sauberge''' is a hill range up to {{Höhe|317|DE-NN|link=true}}<ref name=NI-Nav>[http://www.lgn.niedersachsen.de/master/C18213905_N8077934_L20_D0_I7746208.html Niedersachsennavigator]</ref> in the [[Innerste Uplands]] in the district of [[Landkreis Hildesheim|Hildesheim]] in eastern [[Lower Saxony]] in [[Germany]].
== Geography ==
=== Location ===
The wooded Sauberge is located in the centre of the northern part of the [[Innerste Uplands]], a northeastern part of the [[Lower Saxon Hills]], and borders on the historic [[Ambergau]] region. The hills extend east of the [[Hildesheim Forest]], from [[Bad Salzdetfurth]] and the narrow valley of the [[Lamme]] to [[Derneburg]]. [[Hackenstedt]] is located in a broad valley east of the Bünte. A few kilometres east-northeast lies [[Holle]] and some distance away to the south-east is [[Bockenem]]; a few individual districts of these town boroughs reach as far as the ridge. One kilometre to the north a stretch of the [[Innerste]] river flows past the Sauberge in an east-west direction. To the east the [[Nette (Innerste)|Nette]] runs past the hills from south to north. A few miles north-northeast is the ridge of [[Vorholz (ridge)|Vorholz]].
=== Hills ===
The hills of the Sauberge range include the following (heights in metres above [[Normalnull|NN]]<ref name=NI-Nav />):
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* Hammersteins Höhe (ca. 317 m), near [[Bad Salzdetfurth]]
* Turmberg (293 m), near Weseln
* Reesberg (281.0 m), near [[Nette (Bockenem)|Nette]] and Upstedt; with a transmission tower
* Breitenberg (280 m), near [[Hackenstedt]]
* Feldberg (266 m), near [[Hackenstedt]]
* Ziegenberg (257.4 m), near Bad Salzdetfurth; with a transmission tower
* Buchberg (256 m), near [[Henneckenrode]]
* Salzberg (257.0 m), near Bad Salzdetfurth
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* Ebersberg (266.0 m), near Nette and Upstedt
* Weißer Stein (244.0 m), near Bad Salzdetfurth
* Sothenberg (235.0 m), near Bad Salzdetfurth
* Kanzelberg (208 m), near [[Hackenstedt]]
* Westberg (208 m), near [[Derneburg]]
* Egge (187 m), near [[Klein Düngen]]
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=== Towns and villages ===
The territories of the following [[town]]s and [[village]]s lie in and next to the Sauberge (in alphabetical order):
* [[Bad Salzdetfurth]] to the west
* [[Bockenem]] to the southeast
* [[Holle]] to the northeast
== Description ==
The Sauberge, which reach their highest point at Hammerstein's Höhe ({{Höhe|317|DE-NN}}) and are the source of several tributary streams for the river [[Lamme]], are crisscrossed by numerous trails and forest tracks; but there are no roads across the unpopulated ridge. Part of the [[Bundesstraße 243|B&nbsp;243]] federal road cuts through the middle of the hills, running between the villages of Wesseln and Nette. There is an eighteen-hole [[golf course]] on the northern slope of Hammerstein's Höhe. Access to the hills is restricted by a hunting preserve, where a herd of [[fallow deer]] is kept. The [[wild boar]] population is relatively large. Amongst the most important species of bird are the [[Middle spotted woodpecker|middle]] and [[lesser spotted woodpecker]]s, the [[European green woodpecker]] and the [[grey-headed woodpecker]]. A high density of breeding [[red kite]]s live around the edges of the forest, especially in the east and south. [[Common buzzard|Buzzard]], [[Northern goshawk|goshawk]], [[Eurasian sparrowhawk|sparrowhawk]] and [[Eurasian hobby|hobby]] also breed here. Amongst the more numerous [[songbird]]s are [[Common firecrest|firecrest]], [[crested tit]], [[wood warbler]], [[tree pipit]] and [[common crossbill]].
== References ==
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[[Category:Hill ranges of Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Bad Salzdetfurth]]
[[Category:Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands]]