{{Infobox mountain | name = Sauwald | image_map = Raumeinheiten Oberoesterreich V2.png | map_caption = Upper Austrian regions | image = Sauwald.JPG | image_caption = Mist rising from the Sauwald near Kopfing | state = Districts of Schärding, Grieskirchen, Eferding (Innviertel); Upper Austria | parent = Granite and Gneiss Highland, Bohemian Massif | location = | geology = Granite, covered by a marl platform in places | age = | area_km2 = 460 | orogeny = | highest = Haugstein | elevation_m = 895 | length_km = 40 | range_coordinates = {{coord|48|30|32.5|N|13|40|12.9|E|type:mountain_region:AT-4|format=dms|display=inline,title}} }}
The '''Sauwald''' in Upper Austria is the largest part of the Bohemian Massif lying south of the Danube. Its plateau runs from Passau and Schärding on the Inn to Eferding.
== Origin of the name: Passau Forest == Folk etymologically the name is believed to have derived from the (formally native) wild boar, but the term is more probably an abbreviation of its old name, ''Passauer Wald'' ("Passau Forest"). The whole region was always closely linked to the Bishopric of Passau and the town of Passau.<ref name="sauwald_erdapfel">{{TradLebensmittel|feldfruechte/sauwald_erdaepfel|Sauwald Erdäpfel|85}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [http://www.sauwald.at Regionalverband Sauwald] * [http://www.kuprosauwald.org Kulturprojekt Sauwald] * {{cite web|title=Karte zur Raumeinheit Sauwald|periodical=DORIS|publisher=|url=http://doris.ooe.gv.at/fachinfo/natur/nala_redirect2.asp?RA=ra25|format=|accessdate=2014-12-01|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}} * {{cite web|title=Sauwald|periodical=Natur und Landschaft in Oberösterreich|publisher=|url=http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/cps/rde/xchg/ooe/hs.xsl/64364_DEU_HTML.htm|accessdate=2014-12-01|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}
Category:Sauwald Category:Central Uplands<!--sic--> Category:Forests and woodlands of Austria Category:Mountain ranges of Upper Austria Category:Regions of Upper Austria