Bleicherode Hills

The Bleicherode Hills (German: Bleicheröder Berge or Bleicheroder Berge) in the counties of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld in North Thuringia are the east-southeastern foothills of the Ohm Hills in the Lower Eichsfeld.

They reach a maximum height of 460.8 m above sea level (NHN)[1] at the summit of the Ziegenrück.

To the southeast is the Hainleite, to the south the Dün, whilst roughly to the southwest is the der Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werra Valley Nature Park.

Beech and, to a lesser extent, pine are the predominant trees growing on the muschelkalk soil of the Bleicherode Hills.

In addition there is a very interesting group of rare mixed wood species like limes and Scots elms as well as a large a population of yews.

The Bleicherode Hills near Sollstedt with the Egelskopf (left) and Teichkopf (right)