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| Origin | Black Forest |
| Mouth | Rhine |
| Basin countries | Germany |
| Length | 95 km |
| Source elevation | approx. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. 666 m |
The Kinzig is a river in southwestern Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge
It runs for 95 km from the Black Forest through the Upper Rhine River Plains. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The Kinzig valley and secondary valleys constitute the largest system of valleys in the Black Forest. Depending on the definition, the Kinzig is either the border between the Northern and Middle Black Forest or part of the Middle Black Forest. It is located entirely inside the State of Baden-Württemberg and its name is supposed to be of Celtic origin. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. During the Wisconsin glaciation the Kinzig and the Murg created a common Kinzig-Murg river system. "Last glacial" redirects here For the period of maximum glacier extent during this time see Last Glacial Maximum The last glacial period For the town in Baden-Württemberg see Murg Germany. The Murg is a right tributary of the Rhine, located in Baden-Württemberg,
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Course of the river
The origin of the Kinzig is located on the land of the town of Loßburg in the district of Freudenstadt. Loßburg is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Freudenstadt is a district ( Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It runs south, then makes a gradual turn to the west. It leaves the district of Freudenstadt just after it emerges from Alpirsbach, touches the district of Rottweil and continues to spend the largest part of its course in the district of Ortenau. Alpirsbach is a town in the district of Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rottweil is a district ( Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Ortenaukreis is a district ( Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Kinzig leaves the Black Forest near Offenburg and flows into the Rhine near Kehl. Offenburg is also the German name of Baia de Arieş in Romania Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. The upper part the Kinzig is a true mountain river that over time has caused quite a few serious floods. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge Its middle and lower parts have been squeezed into a straight bed lined with tall levees. Dike (constructionEmbankmentA levee, levée, dike (or dyke) embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial Renaturation is in progress in the area where the Schutter flows into the Kinzig.
Name
In 1099 the river was first mentioned in Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart as ad Chinzechun, ad aliam Chinzichun, in 1128 the Staatsarchive Sindelfingen referred to the river as Kinzicha. In 1539, 1543, 1560, 1620, 1652 and 1654 it was listed as Künzlin, Küntzgen, Kintzg, Kintzgen, Oberkentzgenwüß and Köntzig, respectively. In 1837 it was referred to for the first time as Kinzig. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
According to Adolf Bach and Bruno Boesch there is some doubt about whether the name Kinzig can really be traced back to the ad Chinczechun, ad aliam Chinzichun of 1099. Bach points to the usage in the northern Breisgau where Kinzigs are described as "paths at the bottom of a canyon through the loess". Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg Loess is a homogeneous typically non stratified porous Friable,slightly coherent often calcareous fine-grained Silty pale yellow or buff windblown ( aeolian In Upper Alsace and Graubünden rivers with the word Kinzig in their name usually describe a canyon. Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Graubünden or Grisons ( German:, gʁaʊˈbyndən Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun) is the largest and easternmost Some argue that the name developed from the Celtic kent meaning various kinds of quick movement or from the Lepontic word Centica (Cinti) which means "water". Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Lepontic is an extinct Celtic language that was spoken in parts of Rhaetia and Cisalpine Gaul (today's Northern Italy) between 700
With all these possibilities in mind, we can return to Adolf Bach and Bruno Boesch, who think these derivations doubtful. In addition, the question remains of how far the Celts or Pre-Celts had settled the Kinzig area, and which settlers had originally given the river its name. While these questions are difficult to answer for pre-historic times, the fact is that the Kinzig only created a small canyon in its upper part. A completely different river with many twists and turns presents itself as it moves towards the Upper Rhine River Plains. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge At the end of the last Ice Age it wound its way through the Plains for a long time, on the way absorbing the Murg and only joining the Rhine after it reached the general area of Hockenheim. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets For the town in Baden-Württemberg see Murg Germany. The Murg is a right tributary of the Rhine, located in Baden-Württemberg, Hockenheim is a German City in northwest Baden-Württemberg, about 20 km south of Mannheim.
Tributaries
The following rivers flow into the Kinzig:
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The rafting profession
The Kinzig has had great significance for rafters. The earliest mention of this profession was recorded in 1339. The last commercial raft navigated the Kinzig in 1896. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year To this day, rafters' festivals, rafting museums in Gengenbach and Wolfach, as well as numerous constructions such as dams, remind one of those times. Gengenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest
Fauna
A regeneration program has been in progress since 2002 to re-introduce salmon into the Kinzig by putting young salmon into the water and removing obstacles. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Salmon is the common name for several species of Fish of the family Salmonidae. These efforts seem to be successful as in early 2005, for the first time in 50 years, salmon spawn were found in a river in Baden-Württemberg. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spawning is the production or depositing of large quantities of eggs in water Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Infrastructure
The width, length and favourable east-west direction in the middle and lower valley make the Kinzig valley important for infrastructure. The Romans maintained a road that traversed the valley. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Kinzigtalstraße was a military road built under Emperor Vespasian in 73/74 AD from Offenburg through the Kinzig valley into the Roman Rottweil (Arae Flaviae) and on to Tuttlingen. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian ( November 17 9 &ndash June 23 79) was a Roman Emperor who Year 73 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 74 was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Offenburg is also the German name of Baia de Arieş in Romania Rottweil is the oldest Town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Tuttlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. The main purpose of the road was to shorten the strategically important connection between Mainz and Augsburg. Mainz (ˈmaɪ̯nʦ (Mayence is a City in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Until this road was built, the connection took troops via the Rhine bend at Basel and during the revolt of the Batavers in 69/70 AD, this had proved to be a problem. "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. 69 (sex position & book by Ryu Murakami are -- already linked by "" with other meanings Year 70 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. During construction of the road, several Castelles were built. In addition to Rottweil, the rest areas in Offenburg-Rammersweier, Offenburg-Zunsweier, Waldmössingen, Sulz and Geislingen-Häsenbühl, were augmented by part of the Alblimes fortifications in Frittlingen, Lautlingen and Burladingen-Hausen. Offenburg is also the German name of Baia de Arieş in Romania Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lahr is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 38 km north of Freiburg in Breisgau and 100 km south of Karlsruhe Frittlingen is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Burladingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. All of them were located in Upper Germanic country except for Burladingen which was in Rhaetian territory. Upper German Oberdeutsch is a family of High German Dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern See Raetians for the Alpine people of antiquity See Romansh language for the Rhaetian language The surprising discovery of the fortification in Frittlingen in 1992 only a few kilometers southeast of Rottweil shows that the Kinzigtalstraße was secured and covered with a tight net of military fortifications. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The suggestion that the Kinzig valley itself was home to another fortification has thus gained credibility. Until then, it was supposed that there must have been one or two more yet to be discovered fortifications merely on the basis that the distance between the known ones in Offenburg and Waldmössingen was very big. Another fortification is assumed in Rottenburg by the end of the 1st century however, it is not clear whether it existed as early as 73/74 AD or not until later in 98 AD. Rottenburg is a town in Germany on the river Neckar, near Tübingen. The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. Year 73 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 74 was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar.
Roughly at the same time that the Kinzigtalstraße was built, Roman forts were constructed further north on the right side of the Rhine in places like Frankfurt, Heddernheim, Karben, Groß-Gerau, Gernsheim, Ladenburg (Lopodunum), Heidelberg and Baden-Baden (Aquae). The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Karben is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the river Nidda in the Rhein-Main-Gebiet (Rhein-Main Groß-Gerau is the district seat of the Groß-Gerau district lying in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region in Hesse, Germany, and serving Gernsheim is a town in Groß-Gerau district and Darmstadt region in Hesse, Germany, lying on the Rhine. Ladenburg is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River Whether these were advanced posts or the Roman border between 73 and 98 AD, (following a generally defined line east of the Rhine), has yet to be determined. Year 73 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar.
In 98 AD, in the area of present day southwest Germany, the route between Odenwald and Neckar came under Roman control, making the connection from Mainz to Augsburg shorter yet. Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. The Odenwald (ˈoːd(ənvalt is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The Neckar is a 367-km long River, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, but also a short section through Hesse As a result, the Kinzigtalstraße lost superregional significance.
In present day Germany, the federal highway B 33 runs parallel to the Kinzig from Offenburg until it leaves the Kinzig in the upper valley to follow the Gutach towards Villingen-Schwenningen. Villingen-Schwenningen is the largest city of the Schwarzwald-Baar district located in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From Hausach on towards Freudenstadt, the federal highway B 294, follows the upper Kinzig. Hausach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Freudenstadt is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is capital of the district Freudenstadt.
For the Schwarzwaldbahn train service, the valley is also very important. It runs from Offenburg to Hausach where it turns into the Gutach valley to continue on to Konstanz at the Bodensee. Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake Constance Under the designation Lake Constance or Lake of Constance ( German Bodensee) one summarizes the three independent bodies of water Obersee In the upper Kinzig valley, the Kinzigtalbahn provides a connection between Hausach and Freudenstadt.
Towns along the Kinzig
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References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia. Steinach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Loßburg is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Alpirsbach is a town in the district of Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Schenkenzell is a village in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gutach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Hausach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Fischerbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Haslach is a small city in south-west Germany, in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. Steinach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Biberach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Gengenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest Berghaupten is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Ohlsbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Ortenberg is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Offenburg is also the German name of Baia de Arieş in Romania Willstätt is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg.
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External links
- Tourism site of the Kinzig Valley communities
- Rafters' Museum Gengenbach
- (German) History of Rafting in Schiltach
- (German) Information about and images
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