Spessart

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The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. On three sides it is bounded by the Main River, which describes a long curve. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg.

Although the Spessart forms a roughly circular mountain range, its main ridge extends from the southwest to the northeast. It is continued by the Odenwald in the southwest and by the Rhön in the northeast.

Its highest peak is the Geiersberg (586 m), peaking more than 400 m above the Main valley. Apart from the edges, the region is sparsely populated. Two nature parks called Bavarian Spessart and Hessian Spessart occupy large portions of the hills.