FRANKENWALD, a mountainous district of southern Ger many, connecting geologically the Fichtelgebirge and the Thurin gian Forest. It is a broad well-wooded plateau, about 3o m. long descending gently on the north and east sides towards the Saale, but more precipitously to the Bavarian plain in the west. Its highest point is the Kieferle near Steinheid (2,90o ft.). Along the centre lies the watershed between the basins of the Main and the Saale, of the Rhine and Elbe systems, respectively. The prin cipal tributaries of the Main from the Frankenwald are the Rodach and Hasslach; of the Saale, the Selbitz.