page_title: Hildesheim Börde
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Hildesheim Börde / Location
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hildesheimer Börde vom gleichnamigen Parkplatz der Bundesautobahn 7 gesehen
context_page_description: The Hildesheim Börde is a natural region, 272 km² in area, in the northern part of Hildesheim district, which is known for its especially rich black earth loess soil.
context_section_description: The börde landscape is located in the pentagon of land between Hanover - Peine - Brunswick - Salzgitter - Hildesheim and is dominated by arable countryside with no large towns or cities. The natural boundaries of the area are: to the west the Leine, to the north the Burgdorf-Peine Geest, to the south the Innerste Uplands and  Hildesheim Forest. To the west is the Calenberg Loess Börde of Calenberg Land. To the east in the direction of Brunswick it transitions gradually into the Magdeburg Börde. These Börde landscapes are part of the Central European loess zone, which lies north of the Central Uplands and stretches from Belgium in the west to Western Ukraine in the east. 
  Based on the type of land surface and drainage situation, the Hildesheim Börde is further divided into five areas:
  Hildesheim Börde
  Gödringen Hills
  Ilsede Börde
  Nettlingen Ridge
  Lebenstedt Börde
caption: View over the Hildesheim Börde from the motorway services of the same name on the A 7 looking north. Left: two potash slag heaps near Sehnde 20 km away; centre: the Mehrum power station also 20 km distant with its grey chimney and cooling tower; foreground: the avenue of the B 6 federal road
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