Girnitz (river)

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Girnitz
Data
Water code DE : 14168
location Neustadt an der Waldnaab district
River system Danube
Drain over Raft  → Waldnaab  → Naab  → Danube  → Black Sea
source at Waldthurn -Spielberg
49 ° 42 '24 "  N , 12 ° 20' 18"  O
Source height 615  m
muzzle at Störnstein in the raft coordinates: 49 ° 43 '43 "  N , 12 ° 12' 11"  E 49 ° 43 '43 "  N , 12 ° 12' 11"  E
Mouth height 414  m
Height difference 201 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 11.8 km
Communities Waldthurn , Floß , Störnstein

The Girnitz is a left tributary of the raft in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria .

River course

It rises on a meadow near Spielberg-Wampenhof and flows through the small town of Spielberg for a length of approx. 12 km and the Doost nature reserve between Hauptertsreuth and Diepoltsreuth until it joins the raft in Störnstein .

The source of the much longer river Luhe is located near the Girnitz spring .

Tributaries

  • Forest water (left)
  • Lenzbach (left)
  • Paintbach (right)
  • Elzenbach (left)