Benther Berg


The Benther Berg is a ridge, up to, in the Calenberg Land near Benthe in Hanover Region in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Location

The Benther Berg is about 3.5 kilometres long and 500 m wide. It lies west-southwest of the city of Hanover and borders immediately on the city boundary.
It lies between the following towns and villages: to the north and, somewhater further away in each case, to the north-northeast and the Hanoverian villages of and to the northeast.
Immediately on its slopes are Benthe, that belongs to the borough of Ronnenberg, and the settlement to the south near the. On the far side of Benthe to the east is Empelde. To the south on the slope of the Benther Berg is with its manor of Erichshof and to the west is . The federal road runs by the ridge, roughly in an east-west direction, to the south and east.

History

On the Benther Berg are protohistorical tumuli from the Bronze Age. The name of the hill comes from the nearby village of Benthe to the south.