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Kleiner Deister, the Glossary

The Kleiner Deister is a ridge of hills (up to) in the Calenberg Uplands which, together with the Nesselberg and the Osterwald, forms a group of three adjacent hill ranges in the northern part of the Leine Uplands.^[1]

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Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands
Ridges of Lower Saxony

Anthracite

Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre.

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Bad Münder

Bad Münder (also: Bad Münder am Deister; West Low German: Bad Münner) is a town in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Bison

A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.

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Calenberg Uplands

The Calenberg Uplands by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Kleiner Deister and Calenberg Uplands are natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands.

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Circular rampart

A circular rampart is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering.

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).

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Coppenbrügge

Coppenbrügge is a municipality in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Deister

The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover.

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Deister Gate

The Deister Gate (Deisterpforte) is a 550-metre-wide gap between the Deister and Kleiner Deister hill ridges in Springe in Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

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European long-distance paths

The European long-distance paths (E-paths) are a network of long-distance footpaths that traverse Europe.

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Fallow deer

Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus Dama of subfamily Cervinae.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Haller (river)

Haller is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Hamelin

Hamelin (Hameln) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Hanover

Hanover (Hannover; Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony.

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Hanover (region)

Hanover was a Regierungsbezirk of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1946 until 2004.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Landesstraße

Landesstraßen (singular: Landesstraße) are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state.

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Leine Uplands

The Leine Uplands (Leinebergland) is a region in Germany's Central Uplands which forms a part of the Lower Saxon Hills and lies along the River Leine between Göttingen and Hanover.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Marl

Marl is an earthy material rich in carbonate minerals, clays, and silt.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Moose

The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.

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Mouflon

The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to the Caspian region, including eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nesselberg

The Nesselberg is a ridge up to 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. Kleiner Deister and Nesselberg are natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands and ridges of Lower Saxony.

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New Town Hall (Hanover)

The New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) is a town hall in Hanover, Germany.

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Obernkirchen

Obernkirchen is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Osterwald

Osterwald is a community and part of the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Neuenhaus in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony.

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Owl

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

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Red deer

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.

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Reichstag building

The Reichstag (officially: Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude; Imperial Assembly), a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin, is the seat of the German Bundestag.

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Roe deer

The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Siltstone

Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt.

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Springe

Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Variscan orogeny

The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.

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Wealden Group

The Wealden Group, occasionally also referred to as the Wealden Supergroup, is a group (a sequence of rock strata) in the lithostratigraphy of southern England.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.

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Wild horse

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus ''Equus'', which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii, sometimes treated as a separate species i.e. Equus przewalskii).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Deister

Kleiner Deister, the Glossary

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See also

Natural regions of the Weser-Leine Uplands

Ridges of Lower Saxony

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