The Kinzig 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 .
6-565: Kinzig is the name of three rivers in southern Germany: Kinzig (Main) , flowing into the Main Kinzig (Mümling) , flowing into the Mümling, a tributary of the Main Kinzig (Rhine) , flowing into the Rhine [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
12-682: 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 The source of the Kinzig ( Kinzigquelle ) is located at a height of about 400 m above sea level (NN) , in the vicinity of an Aussiedlerhof ,
18-485: 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. From its source, the Kinzig runs northwest and forms the boundary between the Hessian Rhön Nature Park and
24-655: 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
30-467: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinzig&oldid=932945333 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kinzig (Main) This river played
36-566: Was formerly used by the US Army as an exercise area and is therefore 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 100 m above sea level (NN) . Here, there are balcony-like views of
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