Kinzig (Main)

Kinzig
Kinzig
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Spessart, near Sinntal-Sterbfritz
• elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Mouth
• location	Main
• elevation	100 m (330 ft)
Length	82 km (51 mi)

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.

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.