Überwald (Bergstraße)
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The Überwald is a wooded area in the southeast of Bergstraße district in Hesse
, Germany
, between the “Further” 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.
(Bergstraße district), Heiligkreuzsteinach
(Baden-Württemberg
), Schönau
(Baden-Württemberg), Birkenau
(Bergstraße district), Mörlenbach
(Bergstraße district), Rimbach (Bergstraße district), Heddesbach
(Baden-Württemberg), Eberbach
(Baden-Württemberg), Rothenberg
(Odenwaldkreis
), Fürth (Bergstraße district), Mossautal
(Odenwaldkreis), Reichelsheim
(Odenwaldkreis) and Beerfelden
(Odenwaldkreis).
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
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, between the “Further” and “Hinder” Odenwald
Odenwald
The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...
, comprising the communities of Abtsteinach
Abtsteinach
Abtsteinach is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. The community calls itself “The Gateway to the Überwald”.- Location :...
, Grasellenbach
Grasellenbach
Grasellenbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Odenwald and the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald at elevations between 420 and 580 m above sea level...
and Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.Through Wald-Michelbach runs the now disused Überwaldbahn .-Hardberg:...
. 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
German language
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) towards the higher-lying places Wald-Michelbach, Abtsteinach and Grasellenbach.
The places lying in the Überwald from Abtsteinach to Grasellenbach are Unter-Abtsteinach
Abtsteinach
Abtsteinach is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. The community calls itself “The Gateway to the Überwald”.- Location :...
, Ober-Abtsteinach, Mackenheim, Siedelsbrunn, Kreidach, Stallenkandel, Ober-Mengelbach, Gadern, Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach
Wald-Michelbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.Through Wald-Michelbach runs the now disused Überwaldbahn .-Hardberg:...
, Ober-Schönmattenwag, Unter-Schönmattenwag, Aschbach, Hartenrod, Affolterbach, Kocherbach, Wahlen
Grasellenbach
Grasellenbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Odenwald and the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald at elevations between 420 and 580 m above sea level...
, Scharbach, Tromm (a place as well as a hill), Litzelbach, Hammelbach and Gras-Ellenbach.
Neighbouring communities
The places neighbouring the Überwald are GorxheimertalGorxheimertal
Gorxheimertal is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. It is in the Odenwald and the Rhine Neckar Area.-Location:The community lies along the length of the Grundelbach valley in the Odenwald...
(Bergstraße district), Heiligkreuzsteinach
Heiligkreuzsteinach
Heiligkreuzsteinach is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
(Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
), Schönau
Schönau (Odenwald)
Schönau is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Odenwald hills, 10 km northeast of Heidelberg. Schönau Abbey is located here....
(Baden-Württemberg), Birkenau
Birkenau (Odenwald)
Birkenau in the Odenwald is a community in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany. Its nickname is Das Dorf der Sonnenuhren – “The Sundial Village”.-Location:...
(Bergstraße district), Mörlenbach
Mörlenbach
Mörlenbach is a community in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Odenwald some 25 km north of Heidelberg and about 30 km northeast of Mannheim, as well as lying 8 km southeast of Heppenheim...
(Bergstraße district), Rimbach (Bergstraße district), Heddesbach
Heddesbach
Heddesbach is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
(Baden-Württemberg), Eberbach
Eberbach (Baden)
Eberbach is a town in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg, located 33 km east of Heidelberg. It belongs to the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Its sister city is Ephrata, United States.- Location :...
(Baden-Württemberg), Rothenberg
Rothenberg
Rothenberg is a community in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Rothenberg lies at elevations between 200 and 500 m in the southern Odenwald in the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, 7 km north of Hirschhorn on the Neckar...
(Odenwaldkreis
Odenwaldkreis
The Odenwaldkreis is a Kreis in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Darmstadt-Dieburg, Miltenberg,Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis and Kreis Bergstraße. Odenwaldkreis belongs to the Rhine Neckar Area.-History:...
), Fürth (Bergstraße district), Mossautal
Mossautal
Mossautal in the Odenwald is a community and a state-recognized health resort in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:The community lies at elevations of between 300 and 500 m above sea level....
(Odenwaldkreis), Reichelsheim
Reichelsheim (Odenwald)
Reichelsheim is a community in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Reichelsheim lies in the middle Odenwald at elevations between 200 and 538 m in the middle of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald....
(Odenwaldkreis) and Beerfelden
Beerfelden
Beerfelden is a town in the Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany, 28 km northeast of Heidelberg. The region around Beerfelden has for touristic reasons been dubbed the Beerfelder Land.-Location:...
(Odenwaldkreis).