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
The is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda river valley.
Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsberg is Central Europe's largest basalt formation, consisting of a multitude of layers that descend from their peak in ring-shaped terraces to the base.
Hoherodskopf
Bismarck tower on the Taufstein
View from the Bismarck Tower on the Taufstein (2015)
View from the Anterior Vogelsberg between Wermertshausen and Rüddingshausen to the "real" Vogelsberg