River mouth Main
100 m (330 ft) Source elevation 400 m Mouth Main | Length 82 km Source Spessart Country Germany | |
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Main source Spessart,
near Sinntal-Sterbfritz
400 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.
References
Kinzig (Main) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA