White Main

White Main Source

The White Main, also called White Main ( not to be confused with the Main Weis ), is the relatively water-rich and shorter of the two sources of the River Main. It rises in the Fichtelgebirge and flows in Steinhausen, on the western outskirts of Kulmbach, with its left, a southern source river Roter Main along the Main. The length information for the White Main vary between 41 km and 52.8 km.

The catchment area of the White River Main is on light granite rock, which makes the river appear clear and rather bright.

Geography

Source

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The White Main source is located 887 m above sea level. NN on the eastern slope of the ox head. Margrave Frederick laid down her and let her in 1717 put into granite blocks. He had cut the Hohenzollern coat of arms in the granite. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the source in 1785, but kept the Seehausbrunnen ( (50 ° 1 ' 57 "N, 11 ° 52' 18" O50.032441811.8716529 ) source of the slightly longer Pasche Bach ) southeast of the Schneeberg for the main source, for he wrote: "... the source of the River Main, which rises close here at home and here makes up the creek to Zinnwäsche, ...".

Since the White Main is rich in water than the longer Red Main, its source than the total Mains applies. The hydrological main branch of the White Main system, however, starts at one of the sources of the creek Ölschnitz, the significantly watered and 4 kilometers longer is at the mouth as the White Main.

Course

The White Main initially flows with steep gradients in the north. After about 1.4 km, it feeds at Bishop Green Karches a small lake. A little later he changes abruptly the direction to the northwest and digs through a narrow valley. Shortly before the Bishop Green Fröbershammer he leaves the granite of the central stock. In Fröbershammer it is amplified by the Kropp stream that flows to him from the right. In Bischofsgruen - brats he turns his course to the southwest and flows through a very narrow, wild, romantic valley. He then reached Glaser mill where him accrue from the left side of the Brombergsbach and shortly thereafter the Luetzel Main, also called La Petite Untermainsbach. Him reached then even the small Steinbach. In Berneck melt flow from the left of the melt stream and the Zoppatenbach. The White Main now turns to the northwest, flows through the town of Bad Berneck - Frankenhammer and thereafter reaches Berneck. There shall flow to the greater of 60% Ölschnitz and Rimlasgrundbach from the right. Then it passes north Berneck - Blumenau, where it flow to the Upper Wiesenbächlein and a little later the Lower Wiesenbächlein from the left.

In Kremitz reached him from the left coming from the south-east Kronach. It flows through the village of Lanz and Himmelcron, where he takes from right to dispute Mühlbach and Schlömen the Laubbach on. Now he turns his course to the west until it reaches Trebgast where it amplifies the coming from the south, the same stream. It changes its direction to the northwest and flows past Feuln, where he at Ködnitz the Veit ditch and a mill race and receive the Feulnerbach. It flows through Fölschnitz and Kauerndorf where it amplifies the Schorgast. He now flows in a southwesterly direction to Aichig past when fed him the devil ditch, and reached Kulmbach. In Kulmbach, the White Main shares in the mill stream and the flood channel. The Mühlbach is the original course of the river, the flood channel was created as flood protection. There he paid to the Purbach and Dobrach from the right and left of the Kinzelbach. On the western outskirts of Kulmbach in the Steinhausen Castle, the White and the Red Main Main unite to Main.

Tributaries

  • Pasche Bach ( right)
  • Kropp Bach ( right)
  • Brommbergsbach (left)
  • La Petite Main ( left)
  • Steinbach (left)
  • Schmelzbach (left)
  • Zoppatenbach (left)
  • Ölschnitz (right)
  • Rimlasgrundbach (right)
  • Upper Wiesenbächlein (left)
  • Lower Wiesenbächlein (left)
  • Kronach (left)
  • Armed Mühlbach (right)
  • Laubbach (right)
  • Trebgast (left)
  • Feulner Bach ( right)
  • Veit trench ( left)
  • Mill race (left)
  • Schorgast (right)
  • Teufelsgraben (right)
  • Purbach (right)
  • Dobrach (right)
  • Kinzelbach (left)

White River System Main

See list of running water in the river system White Main

Cities on the banks

  • Bad Berneck
  • Kulmbach

Fauna

In White Main eel, grayling, brown trout, brook trout, barbel, perch, bream, pike, carp, rainbow trout, roach, rudd and tench occur.

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