The Weserbergland is a hilly region (thus the name, Weser hilly region) in Germany (Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Nordrhein-Westfalen), between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica. Important cities of this region include Bad Karlshafen, Holzminden, Höxter, Bodenwerder, Hameln, Rinteln, and Vlotho. The tales of the Brothers Grimm are set in the Weserbergland, and it has many renaissance buildings, exhibiting a peculiar regional style, the so-called "Weserrenaissance". Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... With eighteen million inhabitants inhabiting 34,080 km² in western-northwestern Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia (German Nordrhein-Westfalen) is largest in population though only fourth in area among Germanys sixteen federal states. ... Map of Germany showing Hannoversch Münden Hannoversch Münden (officially abbreviated to Hann. ... Weser watershed The Porta Westfalica is a gorge, where the Weser river runs through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehengebirge in the west and the Wesergebirge in the east. ... Bad Karlshafen is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. ... Holzminden is a city in Lower Saxony with a population of 22,000 (2002). ... Höxter is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, capital of the district Höxter, prettily situated on the left bank of the Weser, 32 miles north of Kassel. ... Bodenwerder is a town in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hamelin Watershed of the River Weser Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Weser watershed Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Vlotho is a city in the district of Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... The two brothers were in their early twenties when they began the linguistic and philological studies that would culminate in both Grimms Law and their collected editions of fairy and folk tales. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

Coordinates: 51°58′N 9°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...