Girnitz (river)
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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 |
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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 |
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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)