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Odenwald
Odenwald - Deutsche Mittelgebirge, Serie A-de.png
Overview of the Odenwald
Highest point
Peak Katzenbuckel
Elevation 626 m (2,054 ft) NHN
Dimensions
Area 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi)
Geography
Country Germany
State/Province Hesse, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg
Range coordinates Script error: The function "coordinsert" does not exist.
Karte Odenwald in Deutschland
Map where one can see the Odenwald within Germany

The Odenwald is a mountain chain in the south of Hesse, in the north of Bavaria and the north of Baden-Württemberg.

In the south of the Odenwald there is the Neckar River. In the east there is the Main River . In the west there is the valley of the Rhine River. The highest mountain is the Katzenbuckel (literally "cat's hump", 626 m).

The big cities Mannheim and Frankfurt am Main are near to the Odenwald. People of these cities like to go there at holidays. It is known for its clean thin air. There are many marked hiking paths. You can find wild blueberries, strawberries and mushrooms in the forests.

Several small towns are very beautiful like Weinheim on the Bergstraße and Michelstadt. The mild climate of the area is well known.

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  • Felsenmeer-klein

    rocks of the Felsenmeer

  • Katzenbuckel 1

    Katzenbuckel

  • Alsbach 1

    castle Alsbach

  • Felsenmeer odenwald herbst

    The Reichenbach felsenmeer in autumn

  • Winter Felsenmeer Odenwald 2006

    Felsenmeer near Reichenbach (Lautertal) in winter

  • Eberbach-sandstein-v2

    Characteristic sandstone formation near Eberbach

  • Haselburg Wohntrakt

    Roman manor house Villa Haselburg near Höchst (Mümling)

  • Wildweibchen mit Einhorn

    Wild Woman (Wildweibchen) with an unicorn (Straßburg around 1500)

  • View on the old Heidelberg

    Heidelberg with the castle and the Königstuhl

  • Odenwaldbahn 08

    The Himbächel viaduct on the Odenwald Railway)

  • Margarethenschlucht

    The Margarethenschlucht (gorge)

  • 20060408-Heppenheim Marktplatz Starkenburg

    Every year the Heppenheimer Street Theatre Gassensensationen occupiesEberstadt the marketplace and other corners of the old town

  • Geologie Odenwald (Altherr)

    Granite-Gneiss-Odenwald (Altherr, 1999)

  • Geolog. Karte (Stein) Odw7

    Granite-Gneiss-Odenwald (Stein, 2001)

  • GeolKarte Geopark

    Granite-Gneiss- and Redsandstone-Odenwald (Stein, 2001 + Weber, Geo-Naturpark)

  • Profil Geologie Odenwald

    Geological profile (from left): Rheinplane, Granite-Odenwald, Gneiss-Odenwald, Redsandstone-Odenwald (Geo-Naturpark)

  • Siegfriedbrunnen

    Siegfriedbrunnen by Wilhelm Trübner. In the legend there is no exact description in respect of the hunting trip.

  • Ritter von Rodenstein und Schnellart

    Rodenstein Castle is the scene of the Rodensteiner ghost legend (19th-century picture).

  • Neutscher Komplex Neunkircher Höhe

    Neutsch with a view to Neunkirchen and the Neunkircher Höhe

  • Hardberg Götzenstein Kisselbusch 800

    View from Weschnitz- Valley to the mountains Hardberg (with transmitter), Götzenstein, Kisselbusch (from left)

  • Tromm329

    Weschnitz- Valley with a view to Tromm-mountain range

  • Krehberg Lindenfels 771

    Overlooking the Krehberg (view from Lindenfels)

  • Waldskopf2

    The Waldskopf in the Gorxheim valley

  • Melibokus 1

    The Melibokus near Zwingenberg

  • LAUTERTAL von Hohenstein 650

    With a view from the Lauter- Valley (Hohenstein) to the Melibokus (right) and the Auerbach Castle (background, in the middle)

  • Böllsteiner Odenwald 821

    The Gesprenz-Valley gneiss-sandstone-mountain range: Böllsteiner Höhe on the left, Morsberg in the middle

  • Lautertal Felsberg 639

    The Felsberg (with transmitter, view from the Lauter-Valley), Auerbach-Castle and Melibokus on the left

  • Daumberg

    The Daumberg in the Gorxheim valley

  • WESCHNITZPLUTON 72 von Tromm aus

    The Weschnitz-Valley with Hirschkopf-Juhöhe-mountain range (view from the Tromm)

  • Gersprenz

    The Gersprenz in Dieburg

  • Erbach 07

    The Mümling in Erbach

  • Eutersee 05

    The Eutersee near Hesseneck

  • Steinbruch Hainstadt

    Climbing path at the Breuberg-Hainstadt quarry

  • HOHENSTEIN Lautertal 631

    Hohenstein near Reichenbach (Baryte-quartz-cliff)

  • BORSTEIN Reichenbach 622

    Borstein near Reichenbach (Baryte-quartz-cliff)

  • GNEIS-FELSGRUPPE Böllstein-Wallbrunn

    Giant tortoise gneiss rocks (Böllstein)

  • TROMMGRANIT Salzlackenbuckel

    Granite rocks (Tromm)

  • Felsenmeer Reichenbach Riesensaeule 03

    Reichenbach-Felsenmeer: The giant column (Riesensäule) is a workpiece of Roman stonemasons.

  • Wildfrauhaus Lützelbach

    Granite rocks Wildfrauhaus (Fischbachtal)

  • Zwingenberg-wolfsschlucht-web

    Zwingenberg (Neckar) gorge: Wolfsschlucht

  • Ramberg Freischuetz wildes Heer

    When Caspar und Max begin with casting the magic bullets in the Wolf’s Glen the Wild Hunt appears in the air with demoniacal noise.

  • Juhöhe Große Hundsköpfe

    The rocks at the Juhöhe are supposed to be the petrified dogheads of the Rodensteiner cry of hounds

  • Opferstein Juhöhe

    It is said, that the holes of the Opfersteine were offering cups for the devil.

  • Höhnberg Bügeleisen2

    People of the Kreiswald near the Juhöhe told, that a long time ago the granite formation was the flat iron of Giant-ladies

  • Panorama castle frankenstein

    Frankenstein near Darmstadt/Upper Rhine Rift valley

  • InnerCastle

    Frankenstein Castle

  • Spot Ruine Tannenberg

    The ruins of Tannenberg near Seeheim (Seeheim-Jugenheim)

  • Seeheim-Jugenheim-Heiligenberg-Schloss

    Heiligenberg Castle near Jugenheim (Seeheim-Jugenheim)

  • Alsbach 2

    Alsbach Castle, view from Melibokus (Alsbach-Hähnlein)

  • Schloss Auerbach

    The ruins of Auerbach Castle near Bensheim

  • Fürstenlager Bensheim

    Park and mansion Fürstenlager near Bensheim-Auerbach

  • Schoenberger Schloss 02

    Schönberg Castle (Bensheim-Schönberg)

  • 2005-10-13 Heppenheim 2

    Bergstaße: Starkenburg (view from Maiberg, Heppenheim)

  • Starkenburg Schlossberg

    Starkenburg with Schlossberg (Heppenheim)

  • Schloss Weinheim 04

    Weinheim Castle

  • Burg Windeck (Weinheim)

    The ruins of Windeck (Weinheim)

  • Wachenburg

    Wachenburg near Weinheim (Two-Castles-Town)

  • WEINHEIM Heidelberger Granitgebiet 658

    Wachenburg (view from Hirschkopf-tower), Weißer Stein (lookout tower) in the background

  • Schriesheim Strahlenburg2

    Strahlenburg near Schriesheim

  • Dossenheim Schauenburg

    The ruins of Schauenburg in Dossenheim

  • Birkenau schloss

    Birkenau Castle near Weinheim

  • BurgLindenfels

    The ruins of Lindenfels Castle, Bürgerturm (tower)

  • Lindenfels Weschnitztal 824

    View from Weschnitztal to Lindenfels (left), in the background right of centre: Reichenberg Castle, left picture margin: Neunkircher Höhe

  • Rodenstein 1

    The ruins of Rodenstein near Fränkisch-Crumbach are the setting of a ghost story: Rodensteiner flies with a berserker-cornet in the night through the air to prophesy the start of a war (see above).

  • Reichelsheim Schloss Reichenberg 2

    Reichenberg Castle, entrance, near Reichelsheim

  • Gersprenztal Böllsteiner Odenwald

    Gersprenz-Valley with Reichenberg

  • Schloss Lichtenberg Blick vom Bollwerk

    Lichtenberg Castle (Fischbachtal)

  • Nördliche Flasergranitoidzone Reinheimer Bucht

    Neunkircher Höhe with a view to Lichtenberg Castle (left) and the Reinheimer Bucht: Otzberg to the right of centre

  • Wilhelm Trübner - Schlosspark in Lichtenberg im Odenwald (1900)

    Castle Grounds in Lichtenberg in Odenwald, Wilhelm Trübner, 1900. Colección Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza.

  • Otzberg panoramo 2

    extinct volcano Otzberg and the old fort Veste Otzberg with the white tower

  • Schloss Erbach Odenwald

    Erbach Castle

  • Schlossfuerstenau2

    Fürstenau Castle (near Michelstadt) with decorative gateway arch

  • Bad Koenig Altes Schloss

    Old Castle in Bad König

  • Burg Breuberg - Breuberg Odenwald

    Burg Breuberg near Höchst in the summer of 2006

  • Burg Breuberg05

    Breuberg Castle, keep (Bergfried) and main gate

  • Wildenburg1

    The ruins of Wildenberg (Kirchzell) from the High Middle Ages, built in the Staufer era, where Wolfram von Eschenbach is said to have written parts of his Parzival.

  • Wolfram47

    Portrait of the medieval poet Wolfram von Eschenbach from the Codex Manesse

  • Burg Wildenberg Kamin 1

    Fireplace in the great hall. In Wolframs Parzival the author indirectly compares the gigantic fireplace in the Grail Castle with that of Wildenberg: “so groziu fiwer sit noch e sach niemen hie ze Wildenberc” (line 230,12-13)

  • Burg Freienstein01

    The ruins of Freienstein near Beerfelden

  • Waldleiningen

    Waldleiningen Castle in the British-style (near Mudau)

  • Heidelberg corr

    Heidelberg with Castle and the Old Bridge over river Neckar

  • Neckarsteinach1

    Neckarsteinach with Mittelburg (left) and Vorderburg (in the middle)

  • Neckarsteinach Vorderburg

    Neckarsteinach: Vorderburg

  • Neckarsteinach Mittelburg3

    Neckarsteinach: Mittelburg'

  • Neckarsteinach Hinterburg1

    Neckarsteinach: Hinterburg

  • Schadeck-wehrgang

    Neckarsteinach: The ruins of Schwalbennest

  • Codex Manesse Bligger von Steinach

    The medieval feudal lord and poet (minnesinger) Bligger von Steinach (Portrait from the Codex Manesse) resided in Steinach (Neckarsteinach)

  • Neckartal

    Dilsberg with mountain fort

  • Burgturm Dilsberg

    Tower and wall of Dilsberg near Neckarsteinach

  • Burg Hirschhorn

    Hirschhorn with Hirschhorn Castle

  • Burg-Eberbach02

    The ruins of Eberbach Castle

  • Burg Zwingenberg 2009

    Zwingenberg Castle (also called the Zwingenburg) (Zwingenberg/Neckar)

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