The Rednitz is a long river in
Franconia
Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch'').
The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper F ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
, tributary of the
Regnitz
The Regnitz is a river in Franconia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length.
The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northward ...
(more precisely: its southern, left headstream). The Rednitz is formed by the confluence of the rivers
Franconian Rezat and
Swabian Rezat
The Swabian Rezat (german: Schwäbische Rezat) is a 33.3-kilometre-long river in southern Germany (Bavaria). It is the southern, right source river of the Rednitz. It rises in the Franconian Jura hills, near Weißenburg in Bayern. It flows general ...
, in
Georgensgmünd
Georgensgmünd is a municipality in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany.
Mayors
* 1972-1990: Fritz Schönwald (SPD)
* 1990-2008: Klaus Wernard (SPD)
* 2008-2011: Eva Loch (CSU)
*since 2011: Ben Schwarz (SPD)
References
External l ...
(
district of Roth). The Rednitz flows north through
Roth bei Nürnberg,
Schwabach
Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of th ...
and the southwestern quarters of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
. The Rednitz joins the
Pegnitz to form the Regnitz in
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of ...
.
Sources
Franz X. Bogner: ''Rednitz und Regnitz. Eine Luftbildreise von Weißenburg bis Bamberg''. Luftbildband. Verlag Fränkischer Tag, Bamberg 2007
See also
*
List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
* Abens
* Ach
*Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
*Ailsbach
* Aisch
* Aiterach
* Alpbach
* Alster
* Altmühl
* Alz
* Amper
*Anlauter
*Arbach
* Arbachgraben
*Aschaff
* Aschbach
* Attel
* Aubach, tributary o ...
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Rivers of Germany
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