Kleiner Odenwald

Kleiner Odenwald
Highest point
PeakKönigstuhl
Elevation567.8 m above NHN
Geography
Kleiner Odenwald is located in Baden-Württemberg
Kleiner Odenwald
Location of the Kleiner Odenwald in the Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe of Baden-Württemberg
LocationLandkreise Rhein-Neckar und Neckar-Odenwald und kreisfreie Stadt Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg; Deutschland
Range coordinates49°24′09″N 8°43′49″E / 49.402583°N 8.730139°E / 49.402583; 8.730139
View from Hirschhorn Castle (Odenwald) of the Kleiner Odenwald on the far side of the River Neckar; with the Hirschhorn (r), Ersheim (l) and bridge of the B 37 (c)

The Kleiner Odenwald (“Little Odenwald”) is the southern part of the central German hill range, the Odenwald, and is up to 567.8 m above sea level (NHN).[1] It is also part of the natural region of Sandstein-Odenwald in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Lying east-southeast of Heidelberg and south of the River Neckar, which separates the Kleiner Odenwald from the rest of the Odenwald, its landscape is shaped by the underlying sandstone that also dominates the northern Odenwald.