Bad Orb is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district of Hesse, Germany. It is situated 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Hanau between the forested hills of the Spessart. Bad Orb has a population of over 10,000. Its economy is dominated by the health and tourism sectors.
Bad Orb seen from Molkenberg
Former town hall, today tourist information
St. Martin
Georg Adalbert Huhn in 1880
Spessart is a Mittelgebirge, a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level.
Rohrberg nature reserve, site of some of the most ancient oaks and beeches in the Spessart
Spessart means "Woodpecker Forest"
Beech forest on the Burgberg, Biebergemünd, Nordspessart
Hafenlohrtal, Hochspessart