White main - Weißer Main

The White main arises in Fichtel Mountains at Bischofsgrün at the foot of the Ochsenkopf and flows 41 kilometers through Upper Franconia to the Mainz confluence to Kulmbach.

background

The White Main is the richer, but shorter of the two source rivers of the Mains. The name comes from the fact that the river flows over granite rock and therefore absorbs less sediment, i.e. it is less reddish and cloudy than the river Red main.

Its two source rivers connect at Kulmbach, the White main and the Red main to the Main. This place will Main origin or Mainz confluence called. This is where it starts Upper Mainland.

places

Down the river:

• 50.05157711.797006Bischofsgrün1 Type is color designationBischofsgrün - in the Fichtel Mountains
• 50.04938411.675529Bad Berneck2 Type is color designationBad Berneck - in the Fichtel Mountains
• 50.06305411.594029Sky crown3 Type is color designationSky crown - with the Baille-Maille-Lindenallee
• 50.06837711.55151Trebgast4 Type is color designationTrebgast - Trebgast natural stage and bathing lake.
• 50.09127811.528927Ködnitz5 Type is color designationKödnitz - with the village school museum
• 50.0291611.566148Harsdorf6 Type is color designationHarsdorf - in the valley of the Trebgast, a tributary of the White Main.
• 50.10695511.458854Kulmbach7 Type is color designationKulmbach - Bierstadt with the famous Plassenburg, which houses a tin figure museum; worth seeing old town; at the confluence of the Red and White Main.

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  Bad Berneck

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  Sky crown

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  St. Johannes in Trebgast

Other goals

getting there

By plane

The closest airport is the Nuremberg Airport.

In the street

Kulmbach can be reached via the motorway , Bischofsgrün via the Autobahn Munich - Nuremberg - Berlin.

By train

mobility

By train

On the bike

The Weißmain cycle path accompanies the river.

Tourist Attractions

• 50.0298211.82368Source of the White Main1 The source of the White Main at the foot of the Ochsenkopfs.

• 50.062611.591Baille-Maille-Lindenallee2 Type is group designation The Baille-Maille-Lindenallee at Himmelkron

• 50.067811.5837historical bridge3 Type is group designation The historical bridge at the end of the linden alley

• 50.070811.5488Parish Church of St. John4 Type is group designation The parish church St. John in Trebgast

• 50.079711.53849Waizendorf with half-timbered houses5 Type is group designation Waizendorf with its beautiful Half-timbered houses

• 50.0932311.5252Village School Museum6 Type is group designation The Village School Museum in Ködnitz

• 50.0869911.39773Mainz confluence7 Type is group designation The Mainz confluence lies between the Kulmbacher Districts of Melkendorf and Katschenreuth. The "united" Main is formed by the confluence of the two source rivers Weißer Main and Roter Main.

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  Baille-Maille-Lindenallee

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  Old Main Bridge in Lanzendorf

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  Half-timbered houses in Waizendorf

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  The new bridge at the Mainz confluence

activities

Cycling, hiking and sightseeing are possible. The White Main is too narrow to be driven on by boat.

• The Main valley connection path has a length of 20 km, the marking is a red M in a V on a white background. It leads from Langenstadt via Igelsreuth, Wehelitz, Rohr, Rauher Berg, Siebenbrunn, Lindau, Spitzeichen, Pinsenhof, Waizendorf, Feuln, Reutlashof to See.

kitchen

There are refreshment stops in all larger towns.

climate

The climate on the White Main hardly differs from the climate in the Fichtelgebirge. Down the river towards Kulmbach it gets warmer.

literature

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