The
Franconian Forest is a mid-altitude mountain range in Northern
Bavaria,
Germany. It is located in the district of
Upper Franconia (
Oberfranken) and forms the geological connection between the
Fichtelgebirge and the
Thuringian Forest. It is a broad well-wooded
plateau, running for about in a northwesterly direction, descending gently on the north and eastern sides towards the
Saale river, but more precipitously to the Bavarian plain in the west, and attaining its highest elevation in the Döbraberg near
Schwarzenbach am Wald (794 metres). Along the centre lies the watershed between the basins of the
Main and the Saale, belonging to the systems of the
Rhine and
Elbe respectively.