Franconian Heights, Mountain range and hill group in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The Franconian Heights (Frankenhöhe) are a Keuper sandstone ridge rising to 554 m above sea level, straddling the Bavaria–Baden-Württemberg border. The larger part lies in Bavaria, around the Rothenburger Hardt and Colmberg Heights; the southwestern part in Baden-Württemberg wraps in an arc around Crailsheim, from the A 6 ramp near Satteldorf to the Jagst near Stimpfach. The plateau is partly hilly, dropping west in a steep scarp and east to the plains.

The ridge is part of the Keuper Uplands, built mainly of keuper sandstone with sandy soils; its western side ends in a steep scarp, the Trauf, while the east descends to the plains. Old quarries such as those at Obergailnau near Wettringen show that this rock was long quarried for house construction in the region. The A 6 ramp after the Crailsheim exit still marks the morphological border of the ridge.

The ridge lies on the European watershed between the Rhine and Danube systems, marked by the Colmberg Heights and the Rothenburg Hardt. The name Frankenhöhe refers to the Franconian side of this divide. Old quarries such as those at Obergailnau near Wettringen show that Keuper sandstone was long quarried for local house building.

The A 6 and A 7 motorways cross the ridge and meet at the Feuchtwangen/Crailsheim interchange in the Wörnitz valley. The A 6 ramp after the Crailsheim exit climbs from the Hohenlohe Plain to the western scarp, marking the edge of the heights. A rest stop on the A 6 about 10 km east of the interchange is named after the landscape.

The soils developed from keuper-sandstone and support specialized plant communities found nowhere else in the wider region. These sandy conditions create habitats for uncommon species that thrive only where these specific soil types occur.