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Kinzig

Right tributary of the Main in Hesse, Germany

Body of waterriverQ645736

Length: 92.41 km
Discharge: 72 cubic metre per second
Mouth: Main
Country: Germany
Watershed area: 1,058.28 km²

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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.

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