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ODENWALD , a wooded mountainous region of Germany, almost entirely in the grand duchy of Hesse, with small portions in Bavaria and Baden. It stretches between the Neckar and the Main
long by 20 to 30 broad. Its highest points are the Katzenbuckel (2057 ft.), the Neunkircher Hohe (1985 ft.) and the Krahberg (1965 ft.). The wooded heights overlooking the Bergstrasse are studded with castles and medieval ruins, some of which are associated with some of the most memorable adventures of German
Rodenstein, the reputed home of the wild huntsman
Nibelungenlied
See F. Montanus, Der Odenwald (Mainz, 1884) ; T. Lorentzen, Der Odenwald in Wort and Bild ( Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Darmstadt
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