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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 2 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ODENWALD , a wooded mountainous region of See also:

Germany, almost entirely in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Hesse, with small portions in See also:Bavaria and See also:Baden. It stretches between the See also:Neckar and the See also:Main, and is some 50 M. See also: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 See also:medieval ruins, some of which are associated with some of the most memorable adventures of See also:German tradition. Among them are Rodenstein, the reputed See also:home of the See also:wild See also:huntsman, and near Grasellenbach, the spot where Siegfried of the See also:Nibelungenlied is said to have been slain. - See F. Montanus, Der Odenwald (See also:Mainz, 1884) ; T. Lorentzen, Der Odenwald in Wort and Bild (See also:Stuttgart, 1904) ; G. See also:Volk, Der Odenwald and See also:seine Nachbargebiete (Stuttgart, 190o), and Windhaus, Fi hrer durch den Odenwald (See also:Darmstadt, 1903).

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