The Neunkircher Höhe (605 metres) is the highest elevation of the Hessian part of the
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the Germany, German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße Route, Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried' ...
. The hill is located near the village
Neunkirchen and is the origin of the rivers
Modau,
Gersprenz
Gersprenz () is a river that starts in the Odenwald, Hesse and flows into the river Main near Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. Including its source river Mergbach, it is long, without the Mergbach it is long.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the ...
and
Lauter.
A viewing tower, 34 metres high, was built on the summit in 1906 and replaced an older predecessor, which had been built in 1888 and destroyed by a storm in 1904.
Hills of Hesse
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