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to the northwest. Topographically it transitions into the last-named ridge seamlessly. Several streams rise within or on the edge of the
Sackwald, whose waters eventually empty into the westward-running
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Sackwald is crossed by several forest tracks and hiking trails, which enable the densely forested landscape to be explored. They include the
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and north of Sack (both in the borough of Alfeld) at about 185 metres above sea level on the southwestern edge of the neighbouring
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Apart from the forested landscape itself, the points of interest in the
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Winzenburger Bach, rises in the southern part of the
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Schanze (326 m) – east of Winzenburg, site of the ruins of a Frankish mission station
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federal roads, and link, for example, Alfeld, Freden and
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path that runs through the forests and the Hohe
Schanze Historic Educational Path (
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Amongst the hills in the
Sackwald are the following (heights in metres above
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Adenstedt on the boundary with the
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Sackwald is part of the geological structure of the Sack Basin or
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in the catchment area of the Riehe, north-northeast of the Sackwald
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the village the forest was named after, northwest of the Sackwald
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on the Tiebenberg. Also worth seeing are the ruins of the
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in the catchment area of the Riehe, east of the Sackwald
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on the Gande, a few kilometres southeast of the Sackwald
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Winzenberg (272 m) – northeast of Winzenburg, site of
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Gehlenberg (ca. 315 m) – west-southwest of Lamspringe
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382:Feldberg (267 m) – west-southwest of Lamspringe
379:Buchenberg (270 m) – north-northwest of Everode
346:Saurenberg (321 m) – north-northwest of Everode
361:Kratzberg (ca. 300 m) – north of Alfeld-Hörsum
473:on the Leine, south-southwest of the Sackwald
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340:Paradiesgarten (336 m) – north of Everode
343:Teufelskirche (330 m) – north of Everode
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570:Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony
370:Mullenberg (278 m) – north of Everode
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364:Menteberg (300 m) – east of Alfeld
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125:51.9666667°N 9.9166667°E
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520:Schulenburg Chapel
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31:The Sackwald near
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392:cultural monument
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559:Categories
516:Tiebenburg
489:Winzenburg
477:Lamspringe
390:Tiebenburg
335:Ahrensberg
190:Hildesheim
166:Cretaceous
113:51°58′00″N
55:Ahrensberg
447:Adenstedt
298:Rennstieg
274:Helleberg
225:Geography
210:Sackmulde
116:9°55′00″E
73:Geography
62:Elevation
37:Sackmulde
528:Vorberge
438:Villages
357:Vorberge
291:Innerste
266:Harplage
262:Sauberge
254:Vorberge
219:Vorberge
217:and the
175:Sackwald
94:District
19:Sackwald
534:Sources
465:Everode
403:streams
241:on the
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155:Geology
81:Germany
78:Country
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471:Freden
453:Alfeld
278:Selter
239:Alfeld
202:Alfeld
33:Alfeld
429:Lamme
425:Riehe
420:Aller
416:Leine
410:Gande
322:Hills
287:Leine
270:Heber
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173:The
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