# Sackwald

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|state=Lower Saxony
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The '''Sackwald''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzakˌvalt}}) is a ridge, up to {{Höhe|374|DE-NN|link=true}} high, in the [Lower Saxon Hills](/source/Lower_Saxon_Hills) in the district of [Hildesheim](/source/Landkreis_Hildesheim) in the North German state of [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony). It is named after the village of [Sack](/source/Sack_(Alfeld)) in the borough of [Alfeld](/source/Alfeld_(Leine)), the name meaning "Sack Forest".

The Sackwald is part of the geological structure of the Sack Basin or ''[Sackmulde](/source/Sackmulde)'' along with the [Sieben Berge](/source/Sieben_Berge_(ridge)) and the [Vorberge](/source/Vorberge).

== Geography ==
The Sackwald lies on the eastern edge of the [Leine Uplands](/source/Leine_Uplands) in the [Lower Saxon Hills](/source/Lower_Saxon_Hills). It is located between the town of [Alfeld](/source/Alfeld_(Leine)) on the [River Leine](/source/Leine_(Aller)) to the northwest and the rather more distant town of [Bad Gandersheim](/source/Bad_Gandersheim) to the southeast.

The Sackwald is surrounded by the ridges of the [Vorberge](/source/Vorberge) to the north, the southeastern foothills of the [Hildesheim Forest](/source/Hildesheim_Forest) to the north-northeast, the [Sauberge](/source/Sauberge) to the northeast, the [Harplage](/source/Harplage) to the east-northeast, the [Heber](/source/Heber_(ridge)) to the east, the [Helleberg](/source/Helleberg_(hills)) to the south and southwest, the [Selter](/source/Selter_(ridge)) (on the other side of the Leine valley) to the southwest and the [Sieben Berge](/source/Sieben_Berge_(ridge)) to the northwest.
Topographically it transitions into the last-named ridge seamlessly. Several streams rise within or on the edge of the Sackwald, whose waters eventually empty into the westward-running [Leine](/source/Leine_(Aller)) or the northeast flowing [Innerste](/source/Innerste); the ridge thus lies on the watershed between the two rivers. 

The unpopulated Sackwald is crossed by several forest tracks and hiking trails, which enable the densely forested landscape to be explored. They include the [Rennstieg](/source/Rennstieg_(Sackwald)) path that runs through the forests and the Hohe Schanze Historic Educational Path (''Historische Lehrpfad Hohe Schanze''). The ridge may be reached over winding state roads (''[Landesstraße](/source/Landesstra%C3%9Fe)n'') branching off the [B 3](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_3) and [B 64](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_64) federal roads, and link, for example, Alfeld, Freden and Lamspringe with one another.

=== Hills ===
Amongst the hills in the Sackwald are the following (heights in metres above [sea level (NN)](/source/Normalnull)): 
* [Ahrensberg](/source/Ahrensberg_(Sackwald)) (374 m) – southwest of Woltershausen and northeast of Everode
* Paradiesgarten (336 m) – north of Everode
* Teufelskirche (330 m) – north of Everode
* Saurenberg (321 m) – north-northwest of Everode
* Hohe Schanze (326 m) – east of Winzenburg, site of the ruins of a Frankish mission station
* Gehlenberg (ca. 315 m) – west-southwest of Lamspringe
* Hainholzberg (ca. 300 m) – southwest of Adenstedt on the boundary with the [Vorberge](/source/Vorberge)
* Kratzberg (ca. 300 m) – north of Alfeld-Hörsum
* Menteberg (300 m) – east of Alfeld
* Rüstiberg (288 m) – east of Everode
* Mullenberg (278 m) – north of Everode
* Winzenberg (272 m) – northeast of Winzenburg, site of [Winzenburg Castle](/source/Winzenburg_Castle)
* Buchenberg (270 m) – north-northwest of Everode
* Feldberg (267 m) – west-southwest of Lamspringe
* Horstberg (ca. 250 m) – east-southeast of Alfeld-Hörsum
* Tiebenberg (ca. 240 m) – north of Winzenburg, site of the [Tiebenburg](/source/Tiebenburg) cultural monument

=== Waterbodies ===
Amongst the [stream](/source/stream)s in or on the Sackwald are: 
* [Gande](/source/Gande_(river)), rises in the southeastern part of the Sackwald, eastern tributary of the Leine
* [Leine](/source/Leine_(Aller)), passes the Sackwald a few kilometres away to the southwest, southern tributary of the [Aller](/source/Aller_(Germany))
* [Riehe](/source/Riehe), rises in the southeastern part of the Sackwald, southwestern tributary of the [Lamme](/source/Lamme)
* Winzenburger Bach, rises in the southern part of the Sackwald, eastern tributary of the Leine

=== Villages ===
Amongst the villages on the edge of the Sackwald are: 
* [Adenstedt](/source/Adenstedt) in the catchment area of the Riehe, north-northeast of the Sackwald
* [Alfeld](/source/Alfeld_(Leine)) on the Leine, northwest of the Sackwald
* [Bad Gandersheim](/source/Bad_Gandersheim) on the Gande, a few kilometres southeast of the Sackwald
* [Everode](/source/Everode) in the catchment area of the Leine, west of the Sackwald
* [Freden](/source/Freden_(Leine)) on the Leine, south-southwest of the Sackwald
* [Lamspringe](/source/Lamspringe) on the Lamme, east of the Sackwald
* [Sack (Alfeld)](/source/Sack_(Alfeld)) the village the forest was named after, northwest of the Sackwald
* [Winzenburg](/source/Winzenburg) on the Winzenburger Bach, south of the Sackwald
* [Woltershausen](/source/Woltershausen) in the catchment area of the Riehe, east of the Sackwald

== Points of interest ==
Apart from the forested landscape itself, the points of interest in the Sackwald include the ruins of a Frankish mission station on the [Hohe Schanze](/source/Hohe_Schanze), the ruins of [Winzenburg Castle](/source/Winzenburg_Castle) on the Winzenberg and the cultural monument of [Tiebenburg](/source/Tiebenburg) on the  Tiebenberg. Also worth seeing are the ruins of the [Schulenburg Chapel](/source/Schulenburg_Chapel), which stand northeast of [Langenholzen](/source/Langenholzen) and north of Sack (both in the borough of Alfeld) at about 185 metres above sea level on the southwestern edge of the neighbouring [Vorberge](/source/Vorberge).

== Sources ==
* Ernst Andreas Friedrich: ''Naturdenkmale Niedersachsens''. Hanover, 1980, {{ISBN|3-7842-0227-6}}.

Category:Hill ranges of Lower Saxony
Category:Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony
Category:Hildesheim (district)
Category:Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands

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