ODENWALD  , a wooded mountainous region of

Germany, almost entirely in the grand duchy of Hesse, with small portions in Bavaria and Baden . It stretches between the Neckar and the Main, and is some 50 M. long by 20 to 30 broad . Its highest points are the Katzenbuckel (2057 ft.), the Neunkircher Hohe (1985 ft.) and the Krahberg (1965 ft.) . The wooded heights overlooking the Bergstrasse are studded with castles and medieval ruins, some of which are associated with some of the most memorable adventures of German tradition . Among them are Rodenstein, the reputed home of the wild huntsman, and near Grasellenbach, the spot where Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied is said to have been slain . - See F . Montanus, Der Odenwald (Mainz, 1884) ; T . Lorentzen, Der Odenwald in Wort and Bild (Stuttgart, 1904) ; G . Volk, Der Odenwald and seine Nachbargebiete (Stuttgart, 190o), and Windhaus, Fi hrer durch den Odenwald (Darmstadt, 1903) .