Kinzig (Main)
{{About|the Main tributary in Hesse|the Rhine tributary in Baden-Württemberg|Kinzig (Rhine)}}
{{short description|Right tributary of the Main in Hesse, Germany}}
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| name = Kinzig
| map = Kinzig.png
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| map_caption = Course of the Kinzig ([http://u.osmfr.org/m/389720/ interactive map])
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth
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| image = Kinzig Bulau 2.jpg
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| image_caption = The Kinzig in the Bulau near Hanau
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Germany
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Hesse
| subdivision_type3 = Reference no.
| subdivision_name3 = DE: 2478
| length = {{convert|87.2|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-HE|WRRL}}
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| source1_location = 500 m southwest of the village of Sinntal-Sterbfritz
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| source1_elevation = {{Höhe|400|DE-NN|link=true }}
| mouth_location = West of the Altstadt of Hanau into the Main at river kilometre 55
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| mouth_elevation = {{Höhe|99|DE-NN|link=true}}
| basin_population =
| basin_landmarks = {{ubl|Large towns: Hanau, Gelnhausen|Small towns: Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Wächtersbach, Langenselbold}}
| progression = {{RMain}}
| basin_size = {{convert|1058|km2|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-HE|WRRL}}
| discharge1_location = Topographic map, 1:25,000 series and WRRL databasePegelwert Hanau vermehrt um den Gebietsabfluss des Resteinzugsgebietes (137,08 km²), ermittelt aus den Daten der Pegel Rück, Hainstadt, Goldbach, Harreshausen, Alzenau, Hanau, Kleinheubach und Frankfurt a.M. Osthafen at its mouth
| discharge1_min =
| discharge1_avg = 10.97 m³/s
| discharge1_max =
| tributaries_right = Ramholzer Wasser, Grennelbach, Elmbach, Riedbach, Steinaubach, Ulmbach, Salz, Bracht, Gründau, Fallbach
| tributaries_left = Ahlersbach(2478118), Auerbach, Ahlersbach(2478152), Klingbach, Orb, Bieber, Schandelbach, Birkigsbach, Hasselbach, Lache
| waterbodies = Reservoirs: Kinzig-Stausee
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| bridges =
| custom_label = Navigable
| custom_data = No (in the Middle Ages from Gelnhausen to its mouth)
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The Kinzig ({{IPA|de|ˈkɪntsɪç|-|De-Kinzig.ogg}}) is a river, 87 kilometres long, in southern Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main. Its source is in the Spessart hills at Sterbfritz, near Schlüchtern. The Kinzig flows into the Main in Hanau. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (district) was named after the river. The towns along the Kinzig are Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Gelnhausen, and Hanau. The Kinzig is first recorded in 815 A.D. as Chinzicha.
This river played a part in the Battle of Hanau in October 1813, as Napoleon retreated back to the Rhine, after his defeat at the Battle of Leipzig.
There are several German rivers called Kinzig. Another Kinzig flows into the Rhine in Kehl-Auenheim
Geography
=== Sources ===
File:Kinzigquelle (Sterbfritz).JPG]]
The source of the Kinzig (Kinzigquelle) is located at a height of about {{Höhe|400|DE-NN|link=true}}, in the vicinity of an Aussiedlerhof, a recently established farmstead outside a village, south of Sterbfritz in the municipality of Sinntal. It is a small spring, enclosed in sandstone, that has an outflow pipe. The headstream that rises here flows for a few metres towards the northwest where it unites with a longer headstream.
= Course =
From its source, the Kinzig runs northwest and forms the boundary between the Hessian Rhön Nature Park and the Hessian Spessart Nature Park as far as Schlüchtern. West of Schlüchtern the Kinzig flows in a southwesterly direction and separates the Vogelsberg hills to the north from the Spessart to the south. Between Steinau and Ahl is the Kinzig Dam. In its lower reaches the Kinzig is used by canoeists.
Shortly before Hanau the Kinzig flows through the so-called Bulau. This woodland area was formerly used by the US Army as an exercise area and is due to lack of population is still very natural. During high water, water flows rapidly through many ditches in the water meadows so that, in spring, extensive bear garlic meadows appear. After about 82 kilometres, the river empties into the Main in Hanau at a height of about {{Höhe|100|DE-NN|link=true}}. Here, there are balcony-like views of the castle of Philippsruhe or the Main river port. The observation platform comprises two interleaved terraces linked by a steel wall.
= Places on the Kinzig =
(in downstream order)
= Tributaries =
The Kinzig catchment covers an area of 1,058 square kilometres.[http://www.hlug.de/medien/wasser/rkh/berichte/2478_Kinzig_km0_bis_km73.354.pdf Retentionskataster Flussgebiet Kinzig]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
;The most important tributaries (>10 km) are (in downstream order):
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from:start till:30.2 text:Gründau (30.2 km)
from:start till:29.7 text:Salz (29.7 km)
from:start till:24.2 text:Fallbach (24.2 km)
from:start till:23.2 text:Steinebach (23.2 km)
from:start till:16.8 text:Bieber (16.8 km)
from:start till:13.3 text:Ulmbach (13.3 km)
from:start till:12.8 text:Birkingsbach (12.8 km)
from:start till:12.4 text:Lache (12.4 km)
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References
External links
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- [http://static.hlug.de/medien/wasser/rkh/berichte/2478_Kinzig_km0_bis_km73.354.pdf Kinzig catchment area] (pdf 1.62 MB)
- [http://www.hlug.de/static/pegel/static/stat_105039.htm?entryparakey=W HLUG-Pegel Hanau]
- {{GeoQuelle|DE-HE|WRRL-Steckbriefe|2478.1|SUFFIX=Untere Kinzig|ref=nein}}
- {{GeoQuelle|DE-HE|WRRL-Steckbriefe|2478.3|SUFFIX=Obere Kinzig|ref=nein}}
- [http://www.fr-online.de/hanau/die-kinzig-wird-barrierefrei-fische-koennen-wieder-wandern,1472866,3183980.html The Kinzig is barrier free: fish may swim unhindered]. FR, 7 August 2009, Alexander Polaschek
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Category:Rivers of the Spessart