Buckeberg

The Bückeberg is a small hill range, up to 375 metres high, in the Calenberg Uplands between the Harrl and the Deister in central Germany, and is often considered part of the Weser Uplands. It lies in the district of Schaumburg, and stretches for some 20km from west to east from Bückeburg and the village of Bad Eilsen towards Bad Nenndorf.TopographyThe ridge runs from southwest to northeast for about 20 kilometres at heights of to about. It only has a few summits, like the Bückeberg (or Diebische Ecke), east of the track junction on the Eulenburg Way, and the Großer Karl near Reinsdorf. Here its course swings north and ends with the foothills of Münchhausener Berg and Heisterberg near Beckedorf. The gentle northern dip slope descends into the North German Plain, whilst the steeper southern scarp slope drops into the Aue valley, through which the A 2 autobahn runs. The Heeßer Berge in the west is a nature reserve.The ridge is cut through in two places: at Bad Eilsen near the western end, where the river Aue has cut a gap in the ridge, and at the Reinser Paß (pass) near the eastern end.