Kinzig (Main)

Kinzig
Kinzig in the Bulau near Hanau
Course of the Kinzig (interactive map)
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Reference no.	DE: 2478
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	500 m southwest of the village of Sinntal-Sterbfritz
• coordinates	50°18′13″N 9°37′11″E / 50.303479°N 9.619721°E / 50.303479; 9.619721
• elevation	400 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	West of the Altstadt of Hanau into the Main at river kilometre 55
• coordinates	50°07′46″N 8°54′08″E / 50.129534°N 8.90222°E / 50.129534; 8.90222
• elevation	99 m above sea level (NN)
Length	87.2 km (54.2 mi) [1]
Basin size	1,058 km2 (408 sq mi) [1]
Discharge
• location	[2][3] at its mouth
• average	10.97 m³/s
Basin features
Progression	Main→ Rhine→ North Sea
Landmarks	Large towns: Hanau, Gelnhausen Small towns: Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Wächtersbach, Langenselbold
Tributaries
• left	Ahlersbach(2478118), Auerbach, Ahlersbach(2478152), Klingbach, Orb, Bieber, Schandelbach, Birkigsbach, Hasselbach, Lache
• right	Ramholzer Wasser, Grennelbach, Elmbach, Riedbach, Steinaubach, Ulmbach, Salz, Bracht, Gründau, Fallbach
Waterbodies	Reservoirs: Kinzig-Stausee
Navigable	No (in the Middle Ages from Gelnhausen to its mouth)
Mouth in Hanau

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.

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