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Neunkircher Höhe

Coordinates: 49°43′8″N 8°46′13″E / 49.71889°N 8.77028°E / 49.71889; 8.77028
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Neunkircher Höhe
Viewing tower on the top of the Neunkircher Höhe
Highest point
Elevation605 m (1,985 ft)
Coordinates49°43′8″N 8°46′13″E / 49.71889°N 8.77028°E / 49.71889; 8.77028
Naming
English translationNine churches height
Language of nameGerman
Geography
Neunkircher Höhe is located in Hesse
Neunkircher Höhe
Neunkircher Höhe
The location within Hesse
LocationHesse, Germany
Parent rangeOdenwald

The Neunkircher Höhe (605 metres) is the highest elevation of the Hessian part of the Odenwald. The hill is located near the village Neunkirchen and is the origin of the rivers Modau, Gersprenz and Lauter.

A viewing tower, 34 metres high, was built on the summit in 1906 and replaced an older predecessor, which had been built in 1888 and destroyed by a storm in 1904.