The Vorberge ("fore-hills" or "foothills") are a ridge, up to high, in the Lower Saxon Hills and within the district of Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony. Together with the Sieben Berge and the Sackwald, the Vorberge belong to the geological formation of the Sackmulde. Geography The ridge of Vorberge is located in the eastern edge of the Leine Uplands in the Lower Saxon Hills. It lies between the town of Alfeld on the River Leine to the southwest and Sibbesse on the Alme to the north. The Vorberge is surrounded by other uplands: the Hildesheim Forest to the north, the Sauberge to the east-northeast, Harplage to the east-southeast, the Heber to the southeast, the Sackwald to the south and the Sieben Berge to the west. Topographically, it transitions seamlessly to the last named range. Several streams rise within and on the edge of the Vorberge whose waters sooner or later find their way into the westward-flowing Leine or the northeastwards- running Innerste; it thus forms a watershed between the two rivers. The unsettled hills of the Vorberge are crossed by several forest tracks and hiking trails which enable visitors to explored the wooded landscape. It is easily reached on the winding Landesstraße L 485 country road that branches off the B 3 in Alfeld, which runs northeast linking Alfeld with Sibbesse and with Hildesheim further to the north. Hills The hills of the Vorberge include the following (heights in metres above sea level (NN)): Hainberg (353.0 m) – west-southwest of Sibbesse Bremberg (352.6 m; also called the Brahmberg) – south-southwest of Sibbesse Sommerberg (335 m) – south of Sibbesse Wernershöhe (329 m) – southwest of Wrisbergholzen, part of Westfeld - with a communications tower Heiligenholzberg (ca. 305 m) – west of Adenstedt Hainholzberg (ca. 300 m) – southwest of Adenstedt on the boundary with the Sackwald Hettberg (327 m) – southwest of Sibbesse Roseberg (263 m) – northeast of Langenholzen, part of Alfeld Streams Amongst the streams in and around the Vorberge are the: Alme, rises in the north Vorberge, western tributary of the Riehe Despe, passes the Vorberge to the north running from east to west; eastern tributary of the Leine Hahmbach, rises in the north-northwestern part of the Vorberge on the boundary with the Sieben Berge, southern tributary of the Despe Riehe, passes the Vorberge to the east running from south to north; southwestern tributary