Salzgitter Hills

The Salzgitter Hills (German: Salzgitter-Höhenzug, also Salzgitterscher Höhenzug) is an area of upland up to 322.9 metres (1,059 ft) in height, in the Lower Saxon Hills between Salzgitter and Goslar in the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Goslar and in the territory of the independent town of Salzgitter.

The hills lie in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.

The German name of Salzgitter-Höhenzug is a term used in the northern Harz Foreland, albeit not found on maps, and is used to mean the string of hills north of the Harz Mountains between the towns mentioned above.

The state forest of the Salzgitter Hills is managed by several Lower Saxony forestry offices, including the Revierförsterei Salder in Salzgitter-Salder.

The Salzgitter Hills can be divided into these four unnamed sections: The hills of the Salzgitter range include (in order of height in m above NN): Lichtenberge: South of the Lichtenberge and also in the northwest section is a ridge that is separated from them by the valley of the Oelber Bach, in which the village of Oelber on white hills and the settlement of Altenhagen lies.

The Salzgitter Hills (above right) form a ridge bounding the northeast and east of the Innerste Uplands.
Ruins of Lichtenberg Castle from the south, with the village of Lichtenberg in the background