 It is located in the western Harz Foreland roughly between Lamspringe by the source region of the River Lamme in the northwest and the town of Seesen on the River Schildau by the Harz Mountains in the southeast.Some distance away to the north are Bockenem on the Nette and Bad Gandersheim on the Gande to the southwest.The Heber region forms part of the districts of Hildesheim (north), Goslar (east) and Northeim (west).