The Haidenaab is the right and western headstream of the River Naab in the

Upper Palatinate The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria. Geography The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...

in the south German state of

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. At its confluence with the

Waldnaab The Waldnaab ( Northern Bavarian: ''Woidnaab'', cs, Lesní Nába, in its upper course: ''Tirschenreuther Waldnaab'') is the left-hand, eastern and longest headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria, Germany). At its confluenc ...

near

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, the Naab is formed.

Course

The

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

rises in the district of

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

on the southern edge of the

Fichtelgebirge The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria ...

mountains between Kirchenpingarten and the mountain of ''Platte'' (), about seven kilometres north of

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. From there the ''Haidenaab'' heads in a southeasterly direction before reaching the district of

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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

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. The Haidenaab continues past

Pressath Pressath is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district), district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, in Bavaria, Germany. Pressath was founded in 1657. It is situated 20 km northwest of Weiden in der Oberp ...

and Mantel to

, where it is united at the village of Unterwildenau with the

to become the

Naab __NOTOC__ The Naab (Czech: ''Nába'') is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and is a left tributary of the Danube. Including its main source river Waldnaab, it is long. Its average discharge at the mouth is . The Naab is formed by the confluence of t ...

, which eventually flows into the

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. For much of its course the Haidenaab is accompanied by the

Haidenaab Cycleway The Haidenaab is the right and western headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatinate in the south German state of Bavaria. At its confluence with the Waldnaab near Luhe-Wildenau, the Naab is formed. Course The river rises in the distr ...

. 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) *

(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

{{Reflist Rivers of Bavaria Fichtel Mountains Rivers of Germany