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The Main is a river in Germany, 524 km in length, and one of the more voluminous tributaries of the Rhine river. It flows through the Bundesländer Bavaria and Hessen. Its catchment basin competes with the Danube for water; as a result, much of its boundaries are identical with the European Watershed .

The Main is formed near Kulmbach by the joining of its two headstreams, the Red Main and the White Main. The former one rises from the Frankish Alb, is 50 km in length and runs through Creussen and Bayreuth. The latter one's source is located in the mountains of the Fichtelgebirge; it is 41 km in length. Affluents of the Main are Regnitz, Frankish Saale, Tauber , and Nidda.

The largest city abutting the Main is Frankfurt am Main. Behind the junction of the headstreams the Main River passes the following cities: Burgkunstadt , LichtenfelsLichtenfels is a community in the south of the old principalty of Waldeck. It was founded in 1971 with the villages of Sachsenberg, Goddelsheim, Furstenberg, Munden, Dalwighstahl, Rhadern Neukirchen and Immighausen. The name "Lichtenfels" was taken from t, Staffelstein , Hallstadt , Zeil , Hassfurt , SchweinfurtSchweinfurt is a city in the Unterfranken region of Bavaria in Germany. A famous native of Schweinfurt is Friedrich Ruckert, a notable poet and translator. The Museum Georg Schafer founded by Georg Schafer, shows among others important pieces of Altdeutsc, VolkachVolkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria. As of 2000 Volkach has 9,511 inhabitants. External links http://www., Kitzingen , Ochsenfurt , WürzburgWurzburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main river, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken. For the German World War II radar system of the same name see Wuerzburg radar''. The city of Wurzburg is not included in Wurzburg (d, KarlstadtKarlstadt a town in Bavaria, Germany, is the capital of the Landkreis Main-Spessart (Main-Spessart county). The Christian theologian Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein was born here., Gemünden , Lohr , Marktheidenfeld , WertheimWertheim is a town in south/west Germany in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg with a population of 24. The town is famous for its wine, castle and medival town center. Events: Summer festival on the last three days of July, followed by a medival festival on, MiltenbergTimberframed houses in Miltenberg, Bavaria Miltenberg is a town in Franconia ( Bavaria, Germany). Miltenberg is famous for being a regular stop of Frederick I, a famous Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (though it may just be a legend). In the Roman times,, Obernburg , Aschaffenburg, Seligenstadt , Hanau, Offenbach, Frankfurt, Hattersheim , Flörsheim , Rüsselsheim . The Main finally meets the Rhine at Mainz.