He lived until the age of eight in a small village called Bredenbeck on the edge of the Deister wood.
Two geological strata from the "White Jurassic" or "Malm" epoch are named after villages in the area: "Münden marl" (Münder Mergel) and "Eimbeckhausen Plateau Chalk" (Eimbeckhäuser Plattenkalk).
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The network was extended via the Deister Railway to Barsinghausen, Bad Nenndorf and Haste and also via Springe to Hamelin.
The Nesselberg is located more or less north of Coppenbrügge, immediately south of the Kleiner Deister and nordwest of the Osterwald.
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Over the crest of the Nesselberg runs part of the sandstone wall known as the Saupark Springe which is around 16 km long and 2 m high and which runs for a long way over the Kleiner Deister.
Today the term Calenberg Land is usually only used for the region between Hanover and the Deister.