Both ridges lies within the borough of Springe, the Springe municipalities of Altenhagen I and Eldagsen as well as the Brünnighausen and Dörpe in the municipality of Coppenbrügge.
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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.