Main
The Main is the longest tributary of the Rhine, one of the major European rivers. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for 525 kilometres to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mainspitze and Südbrücke.
Südbrücke
Bridge
Photo: Felix.matheis, Public domain.
The Südbrücke, Mainz is a railway bridge on the Main Railway that connects Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, across the Rhine with Gustavsburg in Hesse. It is one of the early railway bridges in Germany.
Mainz Cathedral
Church
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Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral is located near the historical center and pedestrianized market square of the city of Mainz, Germany. This 1000-year-old Roman Catholic cathedral is the site of the episcopal see of the Bishop of Mainz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mainz-Kostheim and Mainz.
Mainz-Kostheim
Suburb
Mainz-Kostheim is a district administered by the city of Wiesbaden, Germany. Its population is 14,381. Mainz-Kostheim was formerly a district of the city of Mainz, until the public administration by the city of Wiesbaden was decided on 10 August 1945.
Mainz
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Mainz is the capital city of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Mainz is notable as a transport hub, for wine production, and for its many rebuilt historic buildings. In 2019, it was home to about 219,000 people.
Mainz-Kastel
Suburb
Mainz-Kastel is a district of the city Wiesbaden, which is the capital of the German state Hesse in western Germany. Kastel is the historical bridgehead of Mainz, the capital of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the right side of the Rhine river.
Main
- Type: Stream
- Description: right tributary of Rhine river in Germany
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Main” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Main”
- Albanian: “Lumi i Majnit”
- Albanian: “Main”
- Arabic: “ماين”
- Aragonese: “Main”
- Armenian: “Մայն”
- Arpitan: “Main”
- Asturian: “Main”
- Azerbaijani: “Mayn”
- Basque: “Main”
- Bavarian: “Moa”
- Belarusian: “Майн”
- Bosnian: “Majna”
- Breton: “Main”
- Bulgarian: “Майн”
- Catalan: “Main”
- Cebuano: “Main”
- Chinese: “Main Hô”
- Chinese: “美因河”
- Chinese: “美茵河”
- Chuvash: “Майн”
- Corsican: “Main”
- Croatian: “Majna”
- Czech: “Mohan”
- Danish: “Main”
- Dutch: “Main”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ماين”
- Esperanto: “Majno”
- Estonian: “Main”
- Finnish: “Main”
- French: “Main”
- French: “Mein”
- Friulian: “Main”
- Galician: “Río Main”
- Georgian: “მაინი”
- German: “Main”
- Greek: “Μάιν”
- Haitian: “Men”
- Hebrew: “מיין”
- Hungarian: “Majna”
- Icelandic: “Main”
- Ido: “Main”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Main”
- Interlingua: “Main”
- Interlingue: “Main”
- Irish: “Main”
- Italian: “Meno”
- Japanese: “マイン川”
- Kazakh: “Майн”
- Kongo: “Main”
- Korean: “마인강”
- Latin: “Moenus”
- Latvian: “Maina”
- Ligurian: “Main”
- Limburgan: “Main”
- Lithuanian: “Mainas”
- Lombard: “Men”
- Lombard: “Mèn”
- Low German: “Main”
- Lower Sorbian: “Mohan”
- Luxembourgish: “Main”
- Macedonian: “Мајна”
- Mainfränkisch: “Mee”
- Malagasy: “Main”
- Malay: “Main”
- Malayalam: “മൈൻ നദി”
- Marathi: “माइन नदी”
- Mazanderani: “ماین روخنه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Main Hô”
- Minangkabau: “Main”
- Mingrelian: “მაინი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “მაინი”
- Narom: “Main”
- Neapolitan: “Main”
- Northern Frisian: “Main”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Main”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Main”
- Norwegian: “Main”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Main”
- Ossetian: “Майн”
- Persian: “رود ماین”
- Picard: “Main”
- Piemontese: “Men”
- Polish: “Men”
- Portuguese: “Main”
- Portuguese: “Rio Meno”
- Romanian: “Main”
- Romansh: “Main”
- Russian: “Майн (приток Рейна)”
- Russian: “Майн (река)”
- Russian: “Майн”
- Sardinian: “Main”
- Saterfriesisch: “Main”
- Scots: “Main”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Main”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Main”
- Serbian: “Main”
- Serbian: “Мајна”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Majna”
- Sicilian: “Main”
- Slovak: “Mohan”
- Slovenian: “Main”
- Slovenian: “Majna”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماین چایی”
- Spanish: “rio Meno”
- Spanish: “río Meno”
- Spanish: “Río Meno”
- Swahili: “Main”
- Swedish: “Main”
- Swiss German: “Main”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำไมน์”
- Tosk Albanian: “Main”
- Turkish: “Main”
- Ukrainian: “Майн”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mohan”
- Uzbek: “Mayn”
- Venetian: “Main”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Main”
- Vlaams: “Main”
- Volapük: “Main”
- Walloon: “Main”
- Welsh: “Afon Main”
- Western Frisian: “Main”
- Wolof: “Main”
- Wu Chinese: “美因河”
- Wu Chinese: “美茵河”
- Yue Chinese: “美茵河”
- Zulu: “Main”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Main”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maaraue and Oberstadt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Malakoff Caponier and Hyatt Regency Mainz.
Hesse: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, and Kassel.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
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