The Aschaff (in its uppermost course: ''Kleinaschaff'') is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the northern

Spessart Spessart () is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg (Spessart), Geiersberg at 586 metre ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

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. It is a right tributary of the Main and is long. It begins at the Aschaffquelle near Waldaschaff. Loosely translated the name Aschaff means " ash water". The largest tributary is the Laufach. The river flows mostly parallel to the

Bundesautobahn 3 is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau. Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsse ...

(Motorway). For the construction of the

noise barrier A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effecti ...

there, the river bed was moved and straightened. Now the Aschaff flows in the city of

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

. It flows through the districts Damm and Strietwald. In

Mainaschaff Mainaschaff is a community in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 9,000 (2020). Geography Location The commun ...

near the city limits of Aschaffenburg the Aschaff empties into the Main.

Tributaries

Tributaries A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

from source to mouth: Left *

Bessenbach Bessenbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the '' Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Bessenbach lies southeast of the town of Aschaffenburg among the Spessart ran ...

* Nonnenbach * Klingengraben * Röderbach Right * Autenbach * Gogelgraben * Laufach *

Güntersbach Güntersbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Aschaff near Hösbach. Geography The Güntersbach rises on the Rottenberg hill at the foot of the Gräfenberg (364 m). It flows southward, crossing the road 2307 and the B ...

Hösbach Hösbach is a market community and municipality in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. As of 2023, It has a population of 13,323. Geography ...

* Goldbach * Klingenbach *

Glattbach Glattbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district (''landkreis'') in the administrative region (''regierungsbezirk'') of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 6,800 inhabitants (2024). The town is located in ...

* Lohmgraben

References

Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of the Spessart Aschaffenburg (district) Aschaffenburg Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub