Deister

The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover.

Sandstone from quarries in eastern Deister was used in several important buildings all over Europe, including the opera house in Hanover and the Reichstag in Berlin.

Today the Deister is a popular target for people of the Hanover area for walking and cycling.

On the Cecilienhöhe near Bad Nenndorf, at the picnic area of Lauenau-Feggendorf and southwest of the old forester's lodge at Köllnischfeld are several examples of the rare, native dwarf beech (Süntelbuche).

Amongst the rarer plants on the Deister are species of holly, mezereon, orchids, sundews, globeflowers, hard shield fern, and great snowdrops.