Wald-Michelbach

The Überwald is a wooded area in the southeast of Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, between the "Anterior" and "Hinder" Odenwald, comprising the communities of Abtsteinach, Grasellenbach and Wald-Michelbach. Wald-Michelbach is the Überwald's central community. The name was likely first used by the inhabitants of the neighbouring Weschnitz valley. The direction of view from this valley goes over the higher elevation at the Tromm, "over the forest" (über den Wald in German) towards the higher-lying places Wald-Michelbach, Abtsteinach and Grasellenbach.The places lying in the Überwald from Abtsteinach to Grasellenbach are Unter-Abtsteinach, Ober-Abtsteinach, Mackenheim, Siedelsbrunn, Kreidach, Stallenkandel, Ober-Mengelbach, Gadern, Wald-Michelbach, Ober-Schönmattenwag, Unter-Schönmattenwag, Aschbach, Hartenrod, Affolterbach, Kocherbach, Wahlen, Scharbach, Tromm (a place as well as a hill), Litzelbach, Hammelbach and Gras-Ellenbach.

The Hardberg transmitter is a transmission tower owned by the Hessischer Rundfunk. It is located on the 593 meters (1,945 ft) high Hardberg mountain on the south tip of Hesse. It is used for radio and formerly TV broadcasting. The transmitter was first constructed in 1951 as a steel tube pylon. This was replaced in 1988 by a 135 meters high guyed lattice tower.

Hardberg is a hill in the Odenwald range in Hesse, Germany. It is home to the Hardberg Transmission Tower, a 135-metre-high free-standing lattice tower on the Hardberg mountain in Germany at 49°32′28″N 8°48′17″E. The Hardberg Transmission Tower is 135 metres high, weighs 130 tons and stands on an area of 12 * 12 metres.

Tromm is an Odenwald mountain in Hesse, Germany.

The Götzenstein is a hill in the Odenwald range in Hesse, Germany.

Stiefelhöhe is an Odenwald mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Abtsteinach is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. The municipality calls itself “The Gateway to the Überwald”.

Spessartskopf is an Odenwald mountain in Hesse, Germany.

Wagenberg is a hill of Hesse, Germany.

Waldskopf is a Odenwald mountain in Hesse, Germany. It has a height of 538 metres.

Grasellenbach is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany.

The Daumberg is an extinct volcano in the Odenwald mountain range with an altitude of 462 m (1,516 ft). The hill lies south of the district of Trösel in the municipality of Gorxheimtal near the border to Wünsch-Michelbach and thus on the border between Hesse and Baden-Württemberg. On the Daumberg, many Christmas trees are cultivated in several plantations. The northern slope of the mountain is used for snow skiing in the winter and in the summer. In addition, there have also been grass skiing championships held there.