Kinzig (Main)

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River mouth Main100 m (330 ft) Source elevation 400 m Mouth Main		Length 82 km Source Spessart Country Germany

Main source Spessart,near Sinntal-Sterbfritz400 m (1,300 ft) Similar Spessart, Vogelsberg Mountains, Schloss Philippsruhe, Nidda, State Park Hanau Wilhelmsbad

The Kinzig is a river in southern Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main. It is 82 km long. Its source is in the Spessart hills, near Schlüchtern. The Kinzig flows into the Main in Hanau. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (district) was named after the river. Towns along the Kinzig are Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Gelnhausen, and Hanau.

Map of Kinzig, Germany

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.

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