The heavily wooded Hainberg runs along the boundary of the counties of
Wolfenbüttel,
Goslar and
Hildesheim. It is located in the centre of the im Zentrum des
Innerste Uplands, a northeastern section of the
Lower Saxon Hills, several kilometres southwest of the town of
Salzgitter and borders on the
Ambergau to the east. The ridge is west of the River
Innerste, northwest of the
Neile and east of the
Nette between the ridges of
Vorholz to the north-northwest and the
Salzgitter Ridge (including the Lichtenbergen) to the north, northeast and east. South of the Hainberg are the northwestern fringes of the
Harz Mountains. The Hainberg runs from
Holle in the north-northwest and
Baddeckenstedt to the north Norden and east to
Lutter am Barenberge in the south. To the west of the Hainberg lies
Bockenem in the middle of the Ambergau. A section of the
A 7 motorway runs in a north-south direction through the northwestern part of the Hainberg and part of the
B 6 federal road runs past to the northeast. To the southeast the
B 248 grazes the hills. == Description ==