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SPESSART , a highland See also:forest See also:country of See also:Germany, belonging mainly to the Bavarian See also:province of See also:Lower See also:Franconia, but in the See also:north to the Prussian province of See also:Hesse See also:Cassel, and it is bounded on the S. and W. by the See also:Main, on the E. by the Sinn and on the N. by the Kinzig and See also:Joss. The main See also:ridge of the formation, consisting of See also:gneiss, See also:granite and red See also:sandstone, runs from a point opposite Miltenberg, in a north-See also:westerly direction to the source of the Kinzig near Schliichtern—a distance of 45 M. --and attains its highest See also:elevation in the Geiersberg (1919 ft.), which lies north of the Rohrbrunn pass, through which runs the
main road from See also:Aschaffenburg to Wiirzburg. The forest, with which it is densely covered, consists of See also:oak, See also:beech, ash and See also:fir, and the scenery, especially on the main See also:side, between Gemunden and Lohr, is impressive. The See also:climate is inclement in See also:winter and oppressively hot in midsummer. The inhabitants are engaged chiefly in' woodcutting, raf t-
making and See also:quarrying, and most of the See also:timber is floated down to See also: Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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