Reinhausen community for the city of Göttingen, about ten kilometers to the north. There are a few stores in the village, catering to local needs. Not far from the town is the Wendebach Reservoir, a popular local lake and park. The nearby hilly bunter of Reinhäuser Wald constitutes a forest district of some 18,000 hectares of primarily deciduous trees with light undergrowth including ferns. The primary species of tree is the beech ("Fagus sylvatica"), accounting for 57% of the trees. Other significant species include oak ("Quercus robur" and "Q. petraea"), Norway spruce ("Picea abies"), and larch ("Larix decidua"). The canopy is
Fagus sylvatica depends on the location: in forest areas, "F. sylvatica" grows to over , with branches being high up on the trunk. In open locations, it will become much shorter (typically ) and more massive. The leaves are alternate, simple, and entire or with a slightly crenate margin, 5–10 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, with 6–7 veins on each side of the leaf (7–10 veins in "Fagus orientalis"). When crenate, there is one point at each vein tip, never any points between the veins. The buds are long and slender, long and thick, but thicker (to ) where the buds