Nesselberg

The Nesselberg is a ridge up to 378.2 m above sea level (NN) high in the Calenberg Highland which, together with the Kleiner Deister and the Osterwald, forms a group of three contiguous hill regions in the northwestern part of the Leine Uplands.

On the saddle between the Nesselberg and Kleine Deister, and therefore between the Wolfsköpfen to the northeast and the Grasberg to the southwest, stands the old Wolfsbuche (today a car park for walkers); the Schwarze Bach ("Black Brook"), a tributary of the Gehlenbach rises here.

Part of the Roswithaweg footpath also runs from north to south over the Nesselberg and the neighbouring Kleiner Deister; this is a long-distance hiking trail from Nienburg/Weser to Bad Gandersheim.

Since 1954 the Kleine Deister and the Nesselberg have formed a nature reserve covering an area of about 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) which includes the Saupark Springe.

The stone quarries near Altenhagen I provided employment after 1900 to 400 miners, who broke down the valuable Deister sandstone.