Steigerwald

Steigerwald
View from the Zabelstein looking north over the Schweinfurt Basin
Highest point
PeakScheinberg
Elevation498.5 m above NHN
Dimensions
Area1,115.2 km2 (430.6 sq mi)
Geography
Steigerwald is located in Bavaria
Steigerwald
Steigerwald
StateBavaria
Range coordinates49°36′51″N 10°17′14″E / 49.61417°N 10.28722°E / 49.61417; 10.28722
Parent rangeFranconian Keuper-Lias Land

The Steigerwald is a hill region up to 498.5 m above sea level (NHN)[1] in the Bavarian-Franconian part of the South German Scarplands between Würzburg and Nuremberg. It is part of the Keuper Uplands, and within it, it is continued to the north-northeast and right of the river Main, by the Haßberge, and to the south-southwest by the Franconian Heights. Part of the region is a designated as the Steigerwald Nature Park.