What is "calenberg"

The Calenberg is a hill in central Germany in the Leine depression near Pattensen in the municipality of Schulenburg. It lies 13 km west of the city of Hildesheim in south Lower Saxony on the edge of the Central Uplands. It is made from a chalk marl slab (Kalkmergelbank), has a height of and was formed almost 100 million years ago at the beginning of the Upper Cretaceous series in Cenomanian stage. The Calenberg became historically important as a result of the fort, stronghold and castle built as the main residence of the House of Hanover. The hill has given its name to numerous other entities (see Calenberg (disambiguation)).

Calenberg may refer to:

• Calenberg, the hill in Lower Saxony, Germany, and site of Calenberg Castle
• Principality of Calenberg, a former German state within the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Calenberg Castle, a ruined castle, formerly the seat of the House of Hanover
• Calenberg Land, a historic landscape south of Hanover in Germany
• Calenberg Uplands, part of the Weser-Leine Uplands in central Germany