Das Buch, Mountain summit in Lindenfels, Germany

Das Buch is a mountain summit in the Odenwald region that rises to 535 meters and is covered entirely by dense forest. The slopes descend gradually on most sides, creating a rounded profile typical of this older mountain range.

Das Buch lies in the ridge that runs from the Neunkircher Höhe, 2.5 km away, south over the Raupenstein to the Bismarckwarte and the Schenkenberg on the edge of Lindenfels. This chain separates the Gersprenz valley to the east from the Lauter valley to the west. The Nibelungenstraße (B47) crosses its western and southern flanks, reaching its highest point at the Schöne Aussicht (447 m).

The Nibelungenstraße (B47) crosses the mountain's western and southern flanks, reaching its highest point at the Schöne Aussicht (447 m) on the route from the Bergstraße to the Gersprenz valley. The name Das Buch refers to the beech forest that once covered the summit.

A federal road runs along the western and southern sides, making the area accessible by car. Walking routes up from the surrounding valleys take roughly an hour to ninety minutes depending on the path chosen.

The block field on the eastern slope is part of the "Geotope of the Year 2019" of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, not an award given to the slope alone. On the south-east flank, in the former quarries, lies Hesse's only known site of the beryllium-bearing mineral bavenite.