The White Main ( or Weißmain, not to be confused with the Weismain), is the larger and shorter of the two headstreams of the river Main. It rises in the Fichtel Mountains and merges near Steinenhausen, southwest of Kulmbach, with the left-hand, southern headstream, the Red Main, to form the Main. The length of the White Main is 51.7 km.

Geography

Tributaries

  • Paschenbach (right)
  • Kroppenbach (right)
  • Brommbergsbach (left)
  • Lützelmain (left)
  • Steinbach (left)
  • Schmelzbach (left)
  • Zoppatenbach (left)
  • Ölschnitz (right)
  • Rimlasgrundbach (right)
  • Oberes Wiesenbächlein (left)
  • Unteres Wiesenbächlein (left)
  • Kronach (left)
  • Streitmühlbach (right)
  • Laubenbach (right)
  • Trebgast (left)
  • Feulner Bach (right)
  • Veitsgraben (left)
  • Mühlgraben (left)
  • Schorgast (right)
  • Teufelsgraben (right)
  • Purbach (right)
  • Dobrach (right)
  • Kinzelsbach (left)

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Towns on its banks

  • Bad Berneck
  • Kulmbach

See also

  • List of rivers of Bavaria

Sources

Bogner, Franz X. (2006). Der Obermain. Ein Luftbildporträt von Bayreuth bis Bamberg. Ellwanger-Verlag, Bayreuth, 2006.

References

  • Main River Website on the River Main by the Tourist Board of Franconia.
  • Link Gewässerkunde: Einzugsgebiet Main