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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes_and_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes_and_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes and references</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes_and_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> 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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="ماين (نهر) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ماين (نهر)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayn" title="Mayn – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mayn" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="ماین چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ماین چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_H%C3%B4" title="Main Hô – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Main Hô" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Майн – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Майн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Майн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Майн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Майн – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Майн" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa" title="Moa – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Moa" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majna" title="Majna – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Majna" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Майн (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Майн (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_(suba_sa_Alemanya)" title="Main (suba sa Alemanya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Main (suba sa Alemanya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan" title="Mohan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mohan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afon_Main" title="Afon Main – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Afon Main" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan" title="Mohan – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Mohan" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BD" title="Μάιν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μάιν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Meno" title="Río Meno – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Meno" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majno_(rivero)" title="Majno (rivero) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Majno (rivero)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="رود ماین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رود ماین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_(rivi%C3%A8re)" title="Main (rivière) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Main (rivière)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhainn_Main" title="Abhainn Main – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Abhainn Main" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Main" title="Río Main – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Main" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%95" title="마인강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마인강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6" title="Մայն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մայն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan" title="Mohan – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Mohan" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majna" title="Majna – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Majna" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Main" title="Sungai Main – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Main" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meno_(fiume)" title="Meno (fiume) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Meno (fiume)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_(%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%A8)" title="מיין (נהר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיין (נהר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="მაინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მაინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Майн – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Майн" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_(mto)" title="Main (mto) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Main (mto)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moenus" title="Moenus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Moenus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maina" title="Maina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainas" title="Mainas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mainas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main" title="Main – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Main" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_(fium)" title="Men (fium) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Men (fium)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majna_(foly%C3%B3)" title="Majna (folyó) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Majna (folyó)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Main_River_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Main River (disambiguation)">Main River (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">River in Germany</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Franconia" title="Upper Franconia">Upper Franconia</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Main_(river)&params=50_5_11_N_11_23_54_E_region:DE-BY"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°5′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">11°23′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.08639°N 11.39833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.08639; 11.39833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">895 metres (at Weissmainquelle)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Main_(river)&params=49_59_40_N_8_17_36_E_region:DE-HE_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°59′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">8°17′36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.99444°N 8.29333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.99444; 8.29333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">83 m (272 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">524.9 km (326.2 mi) <sup id="cite_ref-DE-BY_GV_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DE-BY_GV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">27,208 km<sup>2</sup> (10,505 sq mi) <sup id="cite_ref-DE-BY_GV_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DE-BY_GV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">200 m<sup>3</sup>/s (7,100 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Progression</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>→ <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="250" data-zoom="6" data-overlays="["_67046a20ab39d190715b72bd415f443f21071cf2"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,a,a,270x250.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Main_%28river%29&revid=1241258425&groups=_67046a20ab39d190715b72bd415f443f21071cf2" width="270" height="250" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,a,a,270x250@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Main_%28river%29&revid=1241258425&groups=_67046a20ab39d190715b72bd415f443f21071cf2 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Main</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈmaɪn]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/68\/Main_%28river%29_.ogg\/Main_%28river%29_.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Main (river) .ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Main_%28river%29_.ogg/Main_%28river%29_.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_(river)_.ogg" title="File:Main (river) .ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is the longest <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>. It rises as the <a href="/wiki/White_Main" title="White Main">White Main</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Fichtel_Mountains" title="Fichtel Mountains">Fichtel Mountains</a> of northeastern <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and flows west through central <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> for 525 kilometres (326 mi) to meet the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> below <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCsselsheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Rüsselsheim">Rüsselsheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hesse" title="Hesse">Hesse</a>. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a> are close to the confluence. </p><p>The largest cities on the Main are <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a>, <a href="/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main" title="Offenbach am Main">Offenbach am Main</a> and <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the <a href="/wiki/Weser" title="Weser">Weser</a>-<a href="/wiki/Werra" title="Werra">Werra</a> are considered separate). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Main flows through the north and north-west of the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a> then across southern <a href="/wiki/Hesse" title="Hesse">Hesse</a>; against the latter it demarcates a third state, <a href="/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a>, east and west of <a href="/wiki/Wertheim_am_Main" title="Wertheim am Main">Wertheim am Main</a>, the northernmost town of that state. </p><p>The upper end of its <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">basin</a> opposes that of the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> where the watershed is recognised by natural biologists, sea salinity studies (and hydrology science more broadly) as the <a href="/wiki/European_Watershed" class="mw-redirect" title="European Watershed">European Watershed</a>. </p><p>The Main begins near <a href="/wiki/Kulmbach" title="Kulmbach">Kulmbach</a> in <a href="/wiki/Franconia" title="Franconia">Franconia</a> at the joining of its two headstreams, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Main" title="Red Main">Red Main</a> (<i>Roter Main</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/White_Main" title="White Main">White Main</a> (<i>Weißer Main</i>). The Red Main originates in the <a href="/wiki/Franconian_Jura" title="Franconian Jura">Franconian Jura</a> mountain range, 50 km (31 mi) in length, and runs through <a href="/wiki/Creussen" class="mw-redirect" title="Creussen">Creussen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bayreuth" title="Bayreuth">Bayreuth</a>. The White Main originates in the <a href="/wiki/Fichtel_Mountains" title="Fichtel Mountains">Fichtel Mountains</a>; it is 41 km (25 mi) long. In its upper and middle section, the Main runs through the valleys of the German Highlands. Its lower section crosses the Lower Main Lowlands (<a href="/wiki/Hanau-Seligenstadt_Basin" title="Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin">Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Upper_Rhine_Plain" title="Upper Rhine Plain">Upper Rhine Plain</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>, where it discharges into the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>. Major tributaries of the Main are the <a href="/wiki/Regnitz" title="Regnitz">Regnitz</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Franconian_Saale" title="Franconian Saale">Franconian Saale</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tauber" title="Tauber">Tauber</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nidda_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Nidda River">Nidda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name <i>Main</i> originates from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>Moenis</i>, <i>Moenus</i> or <i>Menus</i>. It is not related to the name of the city <a href="/wiki/Mainz#History" title="Mainz">Mainz</a> (Latin: <i>Mogontiacum</i> or <i>Moguntiacum</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navigation">Navigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Navigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Main is navigable for shipping from its mouth at the Rhine close to Mainz for 396 km (246 mi) to <a href="/wiki/Bamberg" title="Bamberg">Bamberg</a>. Since 1992, the Main has been connected to the Danube via the <a href="/wiki/Rhine-Main-Danube_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine-Main-Danube Canal">Rhine-Main-Danube Canal</a> and the highly regulated <a href="/wiki/Altm%C3%BChl" title="Altmühl">Altmühl</a> river. The Main has been canalized with 34 large locks (300 × 12 m or 984 × 39 ft) to allow <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_European_Inland_Waterways" title="Classification of European Inland Waterways">CEMT class</a> V vessels (110 × 11.45 m or 360.9 × 37.6 ft) to navigate the total length of the river. The 16 locks in the adjacent Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the Danube itself are of the same dimensions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weirs_and_locks">Weirs and locks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Weirs and locks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Verlaufskarte_Main.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Verlaufskarte_Main.gif/220px-Verlaufskarte_Main.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Verlaufskarte_Main.gif/330px-Verlaufskarte_Main.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Verlaufskarte_Main.gif/440px-Verlaufskarte_Main.gif 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="806" /></a><figcaption>Dams along the Main</figcaption></figure> <p>There are 34 weirs and locks along the 380 km navigable portion of the Main, from the confluence with the Regnitz near Bamberg, to the Rhine.<sup id="cite_ref-wsd_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>No.:</b> Number of the lock (from upstream to downstream).</li> <li><b>Name:</b> Name of the lock.</li> <li><b>Location:</b> City or town where the lock is located.</li> <li><b>Year built:</b> Year when the lock was put into operation (replacement dates are also listed where applicable).</li> <li><b>Main-km:</b> Location on the Main, measured from the 0 km stone in Mainz-Kostheim. The reference point is the center of the lock or lock group.</li> <li><b>Distance between locks:</b> length in km of impoundment (between adjacent locks).</li> <li><b>Altitude:</b> height in meters above mean sea level of the upper water at normal levels.</li> <li><b>Height:</b> Height of the dam in meters (the height of the Kostheim lock depends on the water level of the Rhine).</li> <li><b>Lock length:</b> Usable length of the lock chamber in meters.</li> <li><b>Lock width:</b> Usable width of the lock chamber in meters.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Year built </th> <th>Main-km </th> <th>Distance between locks (km) </th> <th>Altitude (m) </th> <th>Height (m) </th> <th>Lock length (m) </th> <th>Lock width (m) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>Viereth</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viereth-Trunstadt" title="Viereth-Trunstadt">Viereth-Trunstadt</a></td> <td align="center">1925</td> <td align="right">380.699</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">230.86</td> <td align="right">6.00</td> <td align="right">289.80</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>Limbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eltmann" title="Eltmann">Eltmann</a></td> <td align="center">1951</td> <td align="right">367.176</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001135230000000000♠">13.523</span></td> <td align="right">224.86</td> <td align="right">5.36</td> <td align="right">299.10</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>Knetzgau</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knetzgau" title="Knetzgau">Knetzgau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ha%C3%9Ffurt" title="Haßfurt">Haßfurt</a>)</td> <td align="center">1958</td> <td align="right">359.781</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000739500000000000♠">7.395</span></td> <td align="right">219.50</td> <td align="right">4.24</td> <td align="right">298.85</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>Ottendorf</td> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A4dheim" title="Gädheim">Gädheim</a></td> <td align="center">1962</td> <td align="right">345.263</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001145180000000000♠">14.518</span></td> <td align="right">215.26</td> <td align="right">7.59</td> <td align="right">301.60</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>Schweinfurt</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schweinfurt" title="Schweinfurt">Schweinfurt</a></td> <td align="center">1963</td> <td align="right">332.037</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001132260000000000♠">13.226</span></td> <td align="right">207.67</td> <td align="right">4.67</td> <td align="right">300.60</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td>Garstadt</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bergrheinfeld" title="Bergrheinfeld">Bergrheinfeld</a></td> <td align="center">1956</td> <td align="right">323.503</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000853400000000000♠">8.534</span></td> <td align="right">203.00</td> <td align="right">4.69</td> <td align="right">299.75</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td>Wipfeld</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wipfeld" title="Wipfeld">Wipfeld</a></td> <td align="center">1950</td> <td align="right">316.289</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000721400000000000♠">7.214</span></td> <td align="right">198.31</td> <td align="right">4.31</td> <td align="right">300.15</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td>Gerlachshausen mit Volkach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volkach" title="Volkach">Volkach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Schwarzach_am_Main" title="Schwarzach am Main">Schwarzach am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1957</td> <td align="right">300.506</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001157830000000000♠">15.783</span></td> <td align="right">194.00</td> <td align="right">6.30</td> <td align="right">300.00</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td>Dettelbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dettelbach" title="Dettelbach">Dettelbach</a></td> <td align="center">1959</td> <td align="right">295.398</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000510799999999999♠">5.108</span></td> <td align="right">187.70</td> <td align="right">5.50</td> <td align="right">299.35</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td>Kitzingen</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitzingen" title="Kitzingen">Kitzingen</a></td> <td align="center">1956</td> <td align="right">283.979</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001114190000000000♠">11.419</span></td> <td align="right">182.20</td> <td align="right">3.66</td> <td align="right">299.80</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td>Marktbreit</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marktbreit" title="Marktbreit">Marktbreit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Frickenhausen_am_Main" title="Frickenhausen am Main">Frickenhausen am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1955</td> <td align="right">275.681</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000829800000000000♠">8.298</span></td> <td align="right">178.54</td> <td align="right">3.31</td> <td align="right">296.40</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12</td> <td>Goßmannsdorf</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ochsenfurt" title="Ochsenfurt">Ochsenfurt</a></td> <td align="center">1952</td> <td align="right">269.028</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000665300000000000♠">6.653</span></td> <td align="right">175.23</td> <td align="right">3.40</td> <td align="right">296.90</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13</td> <td>Randersacker</td> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Randersacker" title="Randersacker">Randersacker</a>)</td> <td align="center">1950</td> <td align="right">258.885</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001101430000000000♠">10.143</span></td> <td align="right">171.83</td> <td align="right">3.30</td> <td align="right">299.60</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14</td> <td>Würzburg</td> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a></td> <td align="center">1954</td> <td align="right">252.512</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000637300000000000♠">6.373</span></td> <td align="right">168.53</td> <td align="right">2.75</td> <td align="right">293.10</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15</td> <td>Erlabrunn</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erlabrunn" title="Erlabrunn">Erlabrunn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Th%C3%BCngersheim" title="Thüngersheim">Thüngersheim</a>)</td> <td align="center">1935</td> <td align="right">241.204</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001113080000000000♠">11.308</span></td> <td align="right">165.78</td> <td align="right">4.15</td> <td align="right">299.20</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16</td> <td>Himmelstadt</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himmelstadt" title="Himmelstadt">Himmelstadt</a></td> <td align="center">1939</td> <td align="right">232.290</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000891400000000000♠">8.914</span></td> <td align="right">161.63</td> <td align="right">4.30</td> <td align="right">299.50</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17</td> <td>Harrbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karlstadt_am_Main" title="Karlstadt am Main">Karlstadt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gem%C3%BCnden_am_Main" title="Gemünden am Main">Gemünden am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1939</td> <td align="right">219.466</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001128240000000000♠">12.824</span></td> <td align="right">157.33</td> <td align="right">4.90</td> <td align="right">299.45</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18</td> <td>Steinbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lohr_am_Main" title="Lohr am Main">Lohr am Main</a></td> <td align="center">1939</td> <td align="right">200.673</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001187930000000000♠">18.793</span></td> <td align="right">152.43</td> <td align="right">5.14</td> <td align="right">299.10</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19</td> <td>Rothenfels</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rothenfels" title="Rothenfels">Rothenfels</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marktheidenfeld" title="Marktheidenfeld">Marktheidenfeld</a>)</td> <td align="center">1937</td> <td align="right">185.887</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001147860000000000♠">14.786</span></td> <td align="right">147.29</td> <td align="right">5.26</td> <td align="right">298.45</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20</td> <td>Lengfurt</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Triefenstein" title="Triefenstein">Triefenstein</a></td> <td align="center">1937</td> <td align="right">174.508</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001113790000000000♠">11.379</span></td> <td align="right">142.03</td> <td align="right">3.99</td> <td align="right">300.08</td> <td align="right">11.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">21</td> <td>Eichel</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wertheim_am_Main" title="Wertheim am Main">Wertheim</a></td> <td align="center">1937</td> <td align="right">160.467</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001140410000000000♠">14.041</span></td> <td align="right">138.04</td> <td align="right">4.50</td> <td align="right">299.92</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">22</td> <td>Faulbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wertheim_am_Main" title="Wertheim am Main">Wertheim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Faulbach" title="Faulbach">Faulbach</a>)</td> <td align="center">1935</td> <td align="right">147.065</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001134020000000000♠">13.402</span></td> <td align="right">133.54</td> <td align="right">4.51</td> <td align="right">299.80</td> <td align="right">12.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">23</td> <td>Freudenberg</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collenberg" title="Collenberg">Collenberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Freudenberg_(Baden)" title="Freudenberg (Baden)">Freudenberg</a>)</td> <td align="center">1934</td> <td align="right">133.948</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001131170000000000♠">13.117</span></td> <td align="right">129.03</td> <td align="right">4.51</td> <td align="right">300.00</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24</td> <td>Heubach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fheubach" title="Großheubach">Großheubach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miltenberg" title="Miltenberg">Miltenberg</a>)</td> <td align="center">1932</td> <td align="right">122.360</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001115879999999999♠">11.588</span></td> <td align="right">124.52</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">300.00</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">25</td> <td>Klingenberg</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Klingenberg_am_Main" title="Klingenberg am Main">Klingenberg am Main</a></td> <td align="center">1930</td> <td align="right">113.050</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000931000000000000♠">9.310</span></td> <td align="right">120.52</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">300.71</td> <td align="right">12.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">26</td> <td>Wallstadt</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kleinwallstadt" title="Kleinwallstadt">Kleinwallstadt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fwallstadt" title="Großwallstadt">Großwallstadt</a>)</td> <td align="center">1930</td> <td align="right">101.203</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001118470000000000♠">11.847</span></td> <td align="right">116.52</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">299.93</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">27</td> <td>Obernau</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niedernberg" title="Niedernberg">Niedernberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aschaffenburg" title="Aschaffenburg">Aschaffenburg</a>)</td> <td align="center">1930</td> <td align="right">92.909</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000829400000000000♠">8.294</span></td> <td align="right">112.52</td> <td align="right">4.01</td> <td align="right">299.18</td> <td align="right">12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">28</td> <td>Kleinostheim</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kleinostheim" title="Kleinostheim">Kleinostheim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stockstadt_am_Main" title="Stockstadt am Main">Stockstadt am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1920<br /> 1972</td> <td align="right">77.905</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001150040000000000♠">15.004</span></td> <td align="right">108.51</td> <td align="right">6.80</td> <td align="right">298.36<br />298.22</td> <td align="right">12.04<br />12.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">29</td> <td>Krotzenburg</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hainburg,_Germany" title="Hainburg, Germany">Hainburg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fkrotzenburg" title="Großkrotzenburg">Großkrotzenburg</a>)</td> <td align="center">1920<br />1983</td> <td align="right">63.850</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001140550000000000♠">14.055</span></td> <td align="right">101.71</td> <td align="right">2.74</td> <td align="right">302.30<br />300.01</td> <td align="right">12.00<br />12.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">30</td> <td>Mühlheim<br /> (formerly Kesselstadt)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maintal" title="Maintal">Maintal</a> (<a href="/wiki/M%C3%BChlheim_am_Main" title="Mühlheim am Main">Mühlheim am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1920<br />1980</td> <td align="right">53.185</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001103850000000000♠">10.385</span></td> <td align="right">98.97</td> <td align="right">3.77</td> <td align="right">299.90</td> <td align="right">12.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">31</td> <td>Offenbach</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a> (<a href="/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main" title="Offenbach am Main">Offenbach am Main</a>)</td> <td align="center">1901<br />1957</td> <td align="right">38.514</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001146710000000000♠">14.671</span></td> <td align="right">95.20</td> <td align="right">3.18</td> <td align="right">344.03<br />230.07</td> <td align="right">12.09<br />13.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">32</td> <td>Griesheim</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a></td> <td align="center">1934</td> <td align="right">28.687</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7000982700000000000♠">9.827</span></td> <td align="right">92.02</td> <td align="right">4.49</td> <td align="right">344.05<br />344.38</td> <td align="right">12.00<br />15.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">33</td> <td>Eddersheim</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hattersheim_am_Main" title="Hattersheim am Main">Hattersheim am Main</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kelsterbach" title="Kelsterbach">Kelsterbach</a>)</td> <td align="center">1934</td> <td align="right">15.551</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001131360000000000♠">13.136</span></td> <td align="right">87.53</td> <td align="right">3.61</td> <td align="right">345.46<br />344.26</td> <td align="right">12.05<br />15.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">34</td> <td>Kostheim</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hochheim_am_Main" title="Hochheim am Main">Hochheim am Main</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ginsheim-Gustavsburg" title="Ginsheim-Gustavsburg">Ginsheim-Gustavsburg</a>)</td> <td align="center">1886<br />1934</td> <td align="right">3.209</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001123420000000000♠">12.342</span></td> <td align="right">83.92</td> <td align="right"><br />2.36<br />(MW Rhine)</td> <td align="right">341.90<br />339.02</td> <td align="right">15.00<br />Door: 12.00<br />Chamber: 20.00 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydroelectric_power_generation">Hydroelectric power generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hydroelectric power generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the weirs or dams along the Main also have turbines for power generation. </p> <ul><li><b>No.:</b> Number of the dam/weir (from upstream to downstream).</li> <li><b>Name:</b> Name of the dam/weir.</li> <li><b>Height:</b> Height of the dam/weir in meters (the height of the Kostheim dam depends on the water level of the Rhine).</li> <li><b>Power:</b> Maximum power generation capacity in megawatts.</li> <li><b>Turbines:</b> Type and number of turbines.</li> <li><b>Operator:</b> Operator of the hydroelectric plant.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Height (m) </th> <th>Power (MW) </th> <th>Turbines </th> <th>Operator </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>Viereth</td> <td align="right">6.00</td> <td align="right">6.20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_turbine" title="Francis turbine">Francis</a>(3), <a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(1)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>Limbach</td> <td align="right">5.36</td> <td align="right">3.70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>Knetzgau</td> <td align="right">4.24</td> <td align="right">2.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>Ottendorf</td> <td align="right">7.59</td> <td align="right">6.30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>Schweinfurt</td> <td align="right">4.67</td> <td align="right">3.80</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td>Garstadt</td> <td align="right">4.69</td> <td align="right">3.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td>Wipfeld</td> <td align="right">4.31</td> <td align="right">2.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td>Gerlachshausen mit Volkach</td> <td align="right">6.30</td> <td align="right">3.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td>Dettelbach</td> <td align="right">5.50</td> <td align="right">4.20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td>Kitzingen</td> <td align="right">3.66</td> <td align="right">3.00</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td>Marktbreit</td> <td align="right">3.31</td> <td align="right">2.10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12</td> <td>Goßmannsdorf</td> <td align="right">3.40</td> <td align="right">2.00</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13</td> <td>Randersacker</td> <td align="right">3.30</td> <td align="right">2.00</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14</td> <td>Würzburg</td> <td align="right">2.75</td> <td align="right">0.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(3)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15</td> <td>Erlabrunn</td> <td align="right">4.15</td> <td align="right">2.70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(1)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16</td> <td>Himmelstadt</td> <td align="right">4.30</td> <td align="right">2.50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(1)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17</td> <td>Harrbach</td> <td align="right">4.90</td> <td align="right">3.00</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18</td> <td>Steinbach</td> <td align="right">5.14</td> <td align="right">4.20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19</td> <td>Rothenfels</td> <td align="right">5.26</td> <td align="right">4.20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(2)</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20</td> <td>Lengfurt</td> <td align="right">3.99</td> <td align="right">2.60</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">21</td> <td>Eichel</td> <td align="right">4.50</td> <td align="right">3.10</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">22</td> <td>Faulbach</td> <td align="right">4.51</td> <td align="right">4.10</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">23</td> <td>Freudenberg</td> <td align="right">4.51</td> <td align="right">4.30</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24</td> <td>Heubach</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">3.40</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">25</td> <td>Klingenberg</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">3.00</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">26</td> <td>Wallstadt</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">3.40</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">27</td> <td>Obernau</td> <td align="right">4.01</td> <td align="right">3.20</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">28</td> <td>Kleinostheim</td> <td align="right">6.80</td> <td align="right">9.70</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">29</td> <td>Krotzenburg</td> <td align="right">2.74</td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0 !">—</span></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">30</td> <td>Mühlheim</td> <td align="right">3.77</td> <td align="right">4.80</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">31</td> <td>Offenbach</td> <td align="right">3.18</td> <td align="right">4.10</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.ON_Wasserkraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.ON Wasserkraft (page does not exist)">E.ON Wasserkraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">32</td> <td>Griesheim</td> <td align="right">4.49</td> <td align="right">4.90</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(3)</td> <td>Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Aschaffenburg </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">33</td> <td>Eddersheim</td> <td align="right">3.61</td> <td align="right">3.84</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaplan_turbine" title="Kaplan turbine">Kaplan</a>(3)</td> <td>Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Aschaffenburg </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">34</td> <td>Kostheim</td> <td align="right">2.36</td> <td align="right">4.9</td> <td>Kaplan Pit-Rohrturbinen(2)</td> <td>WKW Staustufe Kostheim/Main GmbH & Co. KG (Gebaut und Betrieben von <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stadtwerke_Ulm/Neu-Ulm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm (page does not exist)">Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bassin_du_Main.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bassin_du_Main.png/450px-Bassin_du_Main.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bassin_du_Main.png/675px-Bassin_du_Main.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bassin_du_Main.png/900px-Bassin_du_Main.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption>The Main and its main tributaries</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">Tributaries</a> from source to mouth: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 50%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p>Left </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regnitz" title="Regnitz">Regnitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tauber" title="Tauber">Tauber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCmling" title="Mümling">Mümling</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p>Right </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodach_(Main)" title="Rodach (Main)">Rodach (Main)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itz" title="Itz">Itz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franconian_Saale" title="Franconian Saale">Franconian Saale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aschaff" title="Aschaff">Aschaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahl_(river)" title="Kahl (river)">Kahl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinzig_(Main)" title="Kinzig (Main)">Kinzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidda_(river)" title="Nidda (river)">Nidda</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Main in Frankfurt at night"><img alt="The Main in Frankfurt at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg/250px-Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg/375px-Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg/500px-Mainfest_Frankfurt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="1891" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Main in <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a> at night</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Offenbach_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main in Offenbach am Main"><img alt="Main in Offenbach am Main" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Offenbach_4.jpg/240px-Offenbach_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Offenbach_4.jpg/360px-Offenbach_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Offenbach_4.jpg/480px-Offenbach_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main in <a href="/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main" title="Offenbach am Main">Offenbach am Main</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mainspitze_fg01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Confluence into the Rhine at Mainz-Kostheim"><img alt="Confluence into the Rhine at Mainz-Kostheim" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mainspitze_fg01.JPG/250px-Mainspitze_fg01.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mainspitze_fg01.JPG/375px-Mainspitze_fg01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mainspitze_fg01.JPG/500px-Mainspitze_fg01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="665" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Confluence into the Rhine at <a href="/wiki/Mainz-Kostheim" title="Mainz-Kostheim">Mainz-Kostheim</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ports_and_municipalities">Ports and municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ports and municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around Frankfurt are several large inland ports. Because the river is rather narrow on many of the upper reaches, navigation with larger vessels and push convoys requires great skill. </p><p>The largest cities along the Main are <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a>, <a href="/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main" title="Offenbach am Main">Offenbach am Main</a> and <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>. The Main also passes the following towns: <a href="/wiki/Burgkunstadt" title="Burgkunstadt">Burgkunstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lichtenfels,_Bavaria" title="Lichtenfels, Bavaria">Lichtenfels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bad_Staffelstein" title="Bad Staffelstein">Bad Staffelstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltmann" title="Eltmann">Eltmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ha%C3%9Ffurt" title="Haßfurt">Haßfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schweinfurt" title="Schweinfurt">Schweinfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volkach" title="Volkach">Volkach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitzingen" title="Kitzingen">Kitzingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marktbreit" title="Marktbreit">Marktbreit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ochsenfurt" title="Ochsenfurt">Ochsenfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karlstadt_am_Main" title="Karlstadt am Main">Karlstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gem%C3%BCnden_am_Main" title="Gemünden am Main">Gemünden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lohr_am_Main" title="Lohr am Main">Lohr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marktheidenfeld" title="Marktheidenfeld">Marktheidenfeld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wertheim_am_Main" title="Wertheim am Main">Wertheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miltenberg" title="Miltenberg">Miltenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obernburg" title="Obernburg">Obernburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erlenbach_am_Main" title="Erlenbach am Main">Erlenbach/Main</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aschaffenburg" title="Aschaffenburg">Aschaffenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seligenstadt" title="Seligenstadt">Seligenstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainburg,_Germany" title="Hainburg, Germany">Hainburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanau" title="Hanau">Hanau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hattersheim_am_Main" title="Hattersheim am Main">Hattersheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%B6rsheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Flörsheim">Flörsheim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCsselsheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Rüsselsheim">Rüsselsheim</a>. </p><p>The river has gained enormous importance as a vital part of European "<a href="/wiki/Pan-European_corridors" title="Pan-European corridors">Corridor VII</a>", the inland waterway link from <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">the North Sea</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_line">Main line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Main line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Main_line_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Main line (political)">Main line (political)</a></div> <p>In a historical and political sense, the Main line is referred to as the northern border of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Germany" title="Southern Germany">Southern Germany</a>, with its predominantly <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> population. The river roughly marked the southern border of the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="North German Federation">North German Federation</a>, established in 1867 under <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussian</a> leadership as the predecessor of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>. </p><p>The river course also corresponds with the <a href="/wiki/Speyer_line" title="Speyer line">Speyer line</a> isogloss between <a href="/wiki/Central_German" title="Central German">Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Upper_German" title="Upper German">Upper German</a> dialects, sometimes mocked as <i><a href="/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator" title="Weißwurstäquator">Weißwurstäquator</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Main-Radweg" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-Radweg">Main-Radweg</a> is a major German bicycle path alongside the river. Approximately 600 kilometres long (370 mi), it is the first long-distance instance awarded 5 stars by the General German Bicycle Club (<a href="/wiki/Allgemeiner_Deutscher_Fahrrad-Club" title="Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club">ADFC</a>) in 2008. It starts from <a href="/wiki/Creu%C3%9Fen" title="Creußen">Creußen</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bischofsgr%C3%BCn" title="Bischofsgrün">Bischofsgrün</a> and ends in <a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sights">Sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_camp,_Marktbreit" title="Roman camp, Marktbreit">Roman camp at Marktbreit</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chain_boat_navigation_on_the_Main" title="Chain boat navigation on the Main">Chain boat navigation on the Main</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krassach_(River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krassach (River)">Krassach (River)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_(river)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Footnotes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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source of the Main itself, although the sources of the Red Main and the Franconian Rezat are actually further from the Rhine.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DE-BY_GV-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DE-BY_GV_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DE-BY_GV_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lfu.bayern.de/wasser/gewaesserverzeichnisse/doc/tab_alle.xls">Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register</a> by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Board of Franconia. <span class="languageicon">(in English)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Main"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Collier%27s_New_Encyclopedia_(1921)/Main">"Main" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Encyclopedia" title="Collier's Encyclopedia">Collier's New Encyclopedia</a></i>. 1921.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Main&rft.btitle=Collier%27s+New+Encyclopedia&rft.date=1921&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMain+%28river%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:The New Student's Reference Work/Main"><a class="external 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