page_title: Wilseder Berg
section_title: Totengrund and Steingrund
hierarchical_section_title: Wilseder Berg / Description / Totengrund and Steingrund
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Totengrund bei Wilsede, Eingang in den Steingrund (Lünebruger Heide, September 2011). English: The Totengrund valley, near Wilsede village, at the Lunenburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide), taken in September 2011.
context_page_description: At 169 m above sea level, the Wilseder Berg is the highest point on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. Due to its position in the middle of the nature reserve Lüneburg Heath it is a popular tourist destination, especially in the period when the heather is in flower.
context_section_description: The best-known valley in the vicinity of the hill is the Totengrund hollow, several hectares in area, south of the museum village of Wilsede. It is an old dead-ice kettle hole with sides up to 40 metres high, covered in heather and juniper bushes. The name means "dead ground" and was probably so called because of its very infertile, i.e. dead, soil, because the valley is very dry. The Totengrund became the heart of the present-day nature reserve when Egestorf priest, Wilhelm Bode, purchased it in 1906 with donations. There is a controversy involving current plans to build seven wind turbines of a height in excess of 180 metres (over 600 feet) near Behringen. These would be visible from the Totengrund and according to local environmentalists spoil the view.
  Another nearby valley is the Steingrund, which is covered thickly with stones deposited during the ice age and is a typical heathland dry valley.
caption: Totengrund valley in September 2011.
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