Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park
49°41′39″N 9°10′31″E / 49.69410°N 9.17526°E / 49.69410; 9.17526Designation NP-00001 Established 1960 ![A tree with autumnal foliage.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald_Herbstimmung_Ober-Hambach_%28Heppenheim%29.jpg/272px-Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald_Herbstimmung_Ober-Hambach_%28Heppenheim%29.jpg)
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![A wood in fog.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Matthias_Lothhammer_Naturpark_Bergstrasse-Odenwald_bei_Beerfelden_%C3%B6stlich_des_Bikeparks_Mountainbike.jpg/203px-Matthias_Lothhammer_Naturpark_Bergstrasse-Odenwald_bei_Beerfelden_%C3%B6stlich_des_Bikeparks_Mountainbike.jpg)
![An elevated view of Heppenheim from the North-East.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Die_Rheinebene_mit_Heppenheim_Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald.JPG/253px-Die_Rheinebene_mit_Heppenheim_Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald.JPG)
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Panoramic view from Katzenbuckel to the north.
The Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park (German: Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald) is a nature park in southern Germany with an area of 3,500 km² that lies between the rivers Rhine, Main (river) and Neckar. In the south it overlaps in places with the Neckar Valley-Odenwald Nature Park on the territory of Baden-Württemberg. In the east it meets the Bavarian Spessart Nature Park at the River Main. The nature park covers parts of the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse.
Sights
- Messel Pit,
- Lorsch Abbey,
- Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue, Stockstadt am Rhein
- Odenwald Limes
- Felsenmeer near Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald)
- Obrunn Gorge between Höchst im Odenwald and Rimhorn
- Heidelberg and Heidelberg Castle
- Lösswand von Haarlass in Heidelberg, the first scientific description of which by Karl Cäsar von Leonhard in 1824 led to the introduction of the term loess
- Katzenbuckel – at 626 metres, the highest point in the Odenwald
- Odenwald Open Air Museum in Walldürn-Gottersdorf
- Eberstadt Stalactite Cave near Buchen (Odenwald)
- Bergstraße Nature Conservation Centre near Bensheim
- Marie in der Kohlbach Pit, a visitor mine, near Hohensachsen
- Anna Elisabeth Pit, another visitor mine, near Schriesheim
Gallery
![A tree with autumnal foliage.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald_Herbstimmung_Ober-Hambach_%28Heppenheim%29.jpg/272px-Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald_Herbstimmung_Ober-Hambach_%28Heppenheim%29.jpg)
Autumn in Ober-Hambach.
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Blossoming trees in Alt-Lechtern.
![A wood in fog.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Matthias_Lothhammer_Naturpark_Bergstrasse-Odenwald_bei_Beerfelden_%C3%B6stlich_des_Bikeparks_Mountainbike.jpg/203px-Matthias_Lothhammer_Naturpark_Bergstrasse-Odenwald_bei_Beerfelden_%C3%B6stlich_des_Bikeparks_Mountainbike.jpg)
Beerfelden bike park.
Winter in Lindenfels.
Heppenheim.
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Hiking in the Dürr-Ellenbacher valley, Wald-Michelbach.
![A view of Eberbach Castle as you come to it from Eberbach.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Burg_Eberbach%2C_June_2018.jpg/224px-Burg_Eberbach%2C_June_2018.jpg)
Eberbach castle.
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See also
References
External links
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