Selter (hills)

The Selter is a ridge, up to 395 m above NN,[1] in the Lower Saxon Hills in the districts of Hildesheim, Holzminden and Northeim in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Selter
Overview map: Selter roughly lower centre, Ith and Hils to the left of it with the Wallensen Basin in between
Highest point
PeakHohe Egge (Selter)
Elevation395 m above NN
Dimensions
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
Geography
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
Range coordinates51°54′18″N 9°53′32″E
Parent rangeLeine Uplands
Geology
Age of rockMiddle Jurassic, Upper Jurassic
Type of rocklimestone, marl, claystone, siltstone, sandstone

Geography

Location

The Selter is a narrow ridge in the Alfeld Uplands, part of the Leine Uplands in the Lower Saxon Hills. It is about 11 kilometres long and lies in the rectangle formed by the villages of Alfeld, Freden, Kreiensen and Delligsen. It lies between Delligsen to the northwest, Imsen to the north, Freden to the east, Erzhausen to the southeast, Greene to the south-southeast, Naensen to the south, Stroit and Ammensen to the southwest and Varrigsen to the west. Its virtual centre lies near Freden.

Hills

Amongst the hills of the Selter are the following − sorted by height in metres above sea level (NN)[1]

  • Hohe Egge (395.0 m)
  • Kohlberg (ca. 380 m)
  • Thödingsberg (ca. 366 m)
  • Nollen (300.0 m)
  • Hasenberg (ca. 290 m)
  • Spielberg (ca. 290 m)
  • Ziegenrücken (ca. 260 m)

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.