{{Infobox mountain | name = Vorholz | map = Germany Lower Saxony | map_caption = | image = LSG 325461, Langer Berg, 1, Wendhausen, Schellerten, Landkreis Hildesheim.jpg | image_caption = View from the area of Ottbergen looking SE towards the Vorholz near ''Langer Berg'' | state = Counties of Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel; Lower Saxony (Germany) | parent = Innerste Uplands | location = | geology = | age = | area_km2 = | orogeny = | highest = Knebelberg | elevation = {{Höhe|243|DE-NHN}} | length_km = | range_coordinates = {{coord|52.127139|N|10.102750|E|region:DE-NI_type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = }} The '''Vorholz''' is a ridge up to 243 m high in the districts of Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel in the German state of Lower Saxony.
== Geography == The heavily-wooded Vorholz is located in the north of the Innerste Uplands, part of the Lower Saxon Hills. It lies north of the valley of the River Innerste between the ridges of Lichtenberge (northwestern section of the Salzgitter Hills) to the southeast, the Hainberg to the south-southeast, the Sauberge to the south-southwest and the Hildesheim Forest to the west-southwest. It is also east-southeast of the city of Hildesheim and west of Salzgitter between Schellerten in the north, Burgdorf in the east-northeast and Holle in the south.
== Description == The Vorholz attains its highest point on the summit of the Knebelberg, 243 m high, and is the source region for several tributaries of the Innerste (which touches it tangentially in the south) and the Fuhse (which is some way to the northeast). It is crossed by numerous walking and forest trails. There is a transmission tower on the Barenberg near Grasdorf and a derelict observation tower on the Ortsberg near Astenbeck.
A section of the A 7 autobahn runs in an east-west direction through the Vorholz, as does part of the B 6 highway. The B 444 runs north-south through the ridge.
== Elevations == The elevations of the Vorholz include: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Knebelberg (243 m above NN) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Barenberg (227 m) - with transmission tower<ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Heidelbeerenberg (221 m) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Langer Berg (216 m) <ref name="NI-Nav" /> * Großer Steinberg (213 m) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Wenser Berg (209 m) * Spitzhut (207 m) <ref name="NI-Nav" /> * Ilsenberg (201 m) * Mieckenberg (200 m) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Kleiner Steinberg (175 m) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Thieberg (175 m) <ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Galgenberg (172 m) - with observation tower<ref name="NatErlNi" /> * Rehberg (165 m) * Ortsberg (157 m) - with observation tower <ref name="NatErlNi" /> {{div col end}}
== Towns and villages == The towns and villages in and around the Vorholz are:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Burgdorf to the northeast * Hildesheim to the west-northwest * Holle to the south * Salzgitter to the east * Nettlingen to the north {{div col end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="NatErlNi">Topographical map with the ridge of [http://www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de/karte/link-karte-3574548-5777317-4-17.html Vorholz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704051021/http://www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de/karte/link-karte-3574548-5777317-4-17.html |date=2015-07-04 }} (DTK 25; for hill heights – often based on highest contour<!--"obHöLi"--> – see largest scale map), at natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de</ref> <!----> <ref name="NI-Nav">[http://www.niedersachsennavigator.niedersachsen.de/nn/demo/ Niedersachsennavigator]</ref> </references>
Category:Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Category:Central Uplands Category:Ridges of Lower Saxony Category:Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands