ODENSWALD, a range of mountains of Western Germany, in Hesse-Darmstadt, stretching northwards from Heidelberg to Darmstadt. Its length is about 45 miles; and the highest point is the Katzenbuckel, 2300 feet above the sea. The western slopes consist of granite and gneiss, and the eastern of sandstone. The higher elevations are well wooded, and the lower regions cultivated. Several remains of Roman forts exist here.