The Haidenaab is the right and western headstream of the
River Naab in the
Upper Palatinate in the south German state of
Bavaria
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. At its confluence with the
Waldnaab near
Luhe-Wildenau
Luhe-Wildenau is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany
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, the Naab is formed.
Course
The river rises in the district of
Bayreuth
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on the southern edge of the
Fichtel Mountains
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between
Kirchenpingarten and the mountain of ''Platte'' (), about seven kilometres north of
Speichersdorf.
From there the ''Haidenaab'' heads in a southeasterly direction before reaching the district of
Tirschenreuth
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Geography
Tirs ...
by the Renaissance castle of Schlackenhof, where it is joined from the northwest by the ''Flernitzbach''. Running past Kaibitz Castle it enters the
district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab after a short distance. Near Dorfgmünd it is joined by its largest tributary, the River
Creußen. The Haidenaab continues past
Pressath and
Mantel to
Luhe-Wildenau
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, where it is united at the village of Unterwildenau with the
Waldnaab to become the
Naab, which eventually flows into the
Danube
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. For much of its course the Haidenaab is accompanied by the
Haidenaab Cycleway. This runs through the villages of Kastl, Trabitz, Pressath, Schwarzenbach, Mantel, Weiherhammer, Etzenricht, Oberwildenau and Unterwildenau. As the Naab Cycleway the path continues to the city of Regensburg.
Tributaries
* Blumenbach (left)
* Kaltenbach (left)
* Goldbach (right)
* Weiherlohe (left)
* Tauritzbach (right)
* Flernitzbach (right)
* Mooswiesengraben (left)
* Fallbach (left)
* Grünbach (left)
* Mühlbach (right)
* Brandgraben (left)
* Siechenbach (left)
* Pressather Bach (left)
* Schwarzenbach (left)
*
Creußen (right)
*
Hohlbach (left)
* Heilinglohbach (left)
* Röthenbach (right)
* Eichelbach (right)
* Mühllohbach (right)
* Stockweiherbach (right)
Sources
* „The Naab – mit Waldnaab, Fichtelnaab, Haidenaab.“, 144 pages, Pustet, Regensburg.()
References
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Rivers of Bavaria
Fichtel Mountains
Rivers of Germany