- Source: Ohm Hills
The Ohm Hills (German: Ohmgebirge) are a small range of hills up to 533.4 m above sea level (NN) high and about 50 km² in area. They are part of the Lower Eichsfeld region and are located in the county of Eichsfeld, North Thuringia, Germany.
Geography
The Ohm Hills, most of which are densely wooded, whose southeastern foothills form the Bleicherode Hills, lie in the county of Eichsfeld on its boundary with Nordhausen. They are located between Weißenborn-Lüderode to the north, Bleicherode to the southeast, Worbis to the south and Teistungen to the west, and extend from the upper reaches of the River Helme in the north to the Wipper in the south. To the north and west the range is adjoined by historic landscape of the Lower Eichsfeld (Untereichsfeld), further south is the ridge of the Dün and to the southwest the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werra Valley Nature Park.
Natural region classification
According to "Kassel map" of the natural regional classification of Germany the Ohm Hills are grouped as follows:
(to 37 Weser-Leine Uplands, Lower Saxon Hills)
(375 Lower Eichsfeld)
375.2 Ohm Hills and Bleicherode Hills
The Thuringian State office for the Environment and Geology uses a rather coarser, self-published, region classification, within which the landscape of "Ohm Hills-Bleicherode Hills" is enclosed by the landscape unit "North Thuringian Buntsandstein Land".
The muschelkalk ridges of the Ohm Hills and Bleicherode Hills are shown in both classifications as one contiguous natural region. They appear as a continuation of the hills fringing the northwestern perimeter of the Thuringian Basin interrupted only by the Lower Eichsfeld lowland.
Neighbouring natural regions listed clockwise are:
Lower Eichsfeld including the Eichsfeld Bowl (Eichsfelder Kessel) to the south and the Zehnsberg to the west
Eichsfeld Basin (Eichsfelder Becken) with the Duderstadt Basin to the northwest and the hill country of the Hellberge to the north
Silkerode Hills on the far side of the Geroder Eller to the northeast
North Thuringian Hills to the east
Hills
The following hills and high points belong to the Ohm Hills in its narrower sense and its foothills to the north and east, which are considered part of neighbouring natural regions, with elevations in metres above sea level (NN):
Birkenberg (533.4 m), highest point of the Ohm Hills and a good lookout point north of Kaltohmfeld
Bornberg (529.7 m), north of Kirchohmfeld
Ohmberg (528.7 m), west of Hauröden
Kälberberg (524.7 m), south of Kaltohmfeld
Oberberg (496.5 m)
Mittelberg (449.9 m)
Ochsenberg (514.6 m), west of Kaltohmfeld
Sonder (512.9 m), south of Holungen
Trogberg (502.9 m), southeast of Wehnde
Oberberg (496.5 m), northeast of Worbis
Schwarzenberg (491.4 m), southeast of Brehme
Hasenburg (487.4 m), southeast of Zeugenberg, north of Buhla
Sonnenstein (485.6 m), northwest of Holungen
Mittelberg (475.8 m), further north of Wintzingerode
Heinrichsberg (478.4 m), northwest of Kirchohmfeld
Himberg (474.0 m), west of Haynrode
Mittelberg (465.9 m), between Kaltohmfeld und Breitenworbis
Fernstein (464.0 m), east of Ferna
Langenberg (462.6 m), north of Kirchworbis
Ziegenrück (460,8 m), highest point of in the Bleicherode Hills, south of Buhla
Haferberg (460.7 m), east of Kirchohmfeld
Krantberg (455,6 m), north of Holungen
Haarburg (453.1 m), southeastern Zeugenberg, southeast of Haynrode
Wehenberg (440.8 m)
Kanstein (435,5 m), northwest of Worbis
Rottersberg (420.6 m), northwest of Worbis
Winkelberg (415.2 m), east of Jützenbach
Die Hardt (400,9 m), north of Worbis
Großer Heuberg (389.0 m), northwest of Bischofferode
Steinberg (385.8 m), eastern spur, west of Werningerode (municipality of Steinrode)
Buchenberg (383.5 m), northeast of Brehme
Bauerberg (361.6 m), eastern spur, east of Werningerode (boundary with county of Nordhausen)
Stadtberg (351.2 m), northern spur, southwest of Jützenbach
Hühnerberg (349.9 m), eastern spur, south of Bischofferode
Sommerberg (342.1 m), northern spur, north of Brehme
Nonnecke (338.5 m), northwestern spur, west of Wehnde
Rivers and streams
The rivers and streams in the Ohm Hills include the:
Hahle, rises at the southern edge of the Ohm Hills in Worbis, passes to the south, southern tributary of the Rhume
Helme, rises in the northern foothills of the Ohm Hills, leaves them head east, western tributary of the Unstrut
Wipper, rises on the southern edge of the Ohm Hills in Worbis, passes them to the east, western tributary of the Unstrut
Bode, rises in the Ohm Hills, leaves them heading east, southwestern tributary of the Wipper
The Elbe-Weser Watershed runs through the Ohm Hills. Whilst the Hahle is part of the catchment area of the Leine and Weser rivers, the Bode, Helme and Wipper are in the Elbe's drainage basin.
Settlements
The settlements in and on the edge of the Ohm Hills include:
References
External links
BfN Landscape fact file