Pegnitz River

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Affluences

• Flembach (creek) (left affluence)
• Hirschbach (creek) (left affluence)
• Högenbach (creek) (left affluence from the Pommelsbrunn direction)
• Happurger Bach (creek) (left affluence)
• Sittenbach (creek) (right affluence)
• Hammerbach (creek) (left affluence)
• Sandbach (creek) (left affluence)
• Schnaittach (creek) (right affluence)
• Röttenbach (creek) (right affluence)
• Bitterbach (creek) (right affluence)
• Röthenbach (creek) (left affluence)
• Langwassergraben (creek) (right affluence)
• Tiefgraben (creek) (right affluence)
• Goldbach (creek) (left affluence)

Cities on the Pegnitz

• Pegnitz
  Pegnitz (city)
  
  Pegnitz is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river Pegnitz ....
  
• Neuhaus on the Pegnitz
• Hersbruck
  Hersbruck
  
  Hersbruck is a small town in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, belonging to the district N?rnberger Land. Famous for the late-gothic artwork of the Hersbruck altar, the "Hirtenmuseum" and the beautiful landscape of the "Hersbrucker Schweiz"....
  
• Lauf an der Pegnitz
  Lauf an der Pegnitz
  
  Lauf an der Pegnitz is a municipality near Nuremberg, Germany. It is the capital of the district N?rnberger Land, in Bavaria....
  
• Röthenbach an der Pegnitz
  Röthenbach an der Pegnitz
  
  R?thenbach an der Pegnitz is a Municipalities of Germany in the district N?rnberger Land, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the Pegnitz River, 4 km southwest of Lauf an der Pegnitz, and 12 km east of Nuremberg ....
  
• Nuremberg
  Nuremberg
  
  Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
  : Within city limits (about 14 km), the river forms secondary arms. Numerous bridge
  Bridge
  
  A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
  s and footbridges cross the river, such as the unchanged Renaissance
  Renaissance
  
  The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
   bridge Fleischbrücke
  Fleischbrücke
  
  The Fleischbr?cke or Pegnitzbr?cke is a late Renaissance bridge in N?rnberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz in the center of the old town, linking the districts St....
   (1598) and the iron suspension bridge
  Suspension bridge
  
  A suspension bridge is a type of bridge where the main load-bearing elements are hung from suspension cables. While modern suspension bridges with level decks date from the early 19th century, earlier types are reported from the 3rd century BC....
   Kettensteg, dating from 1824. To the west of the Maxbrücke there is a weir
  Weir
  
  A weir is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create Water mills in such places....
  . In the western part of the city, the river has been renaturalized one section at a time from 1998 to 2001, using the historical river bed as orientation.

• Fürth
  Fürth
  
  The city of F?rth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
  : Numerous bridges and footbridges exist. As part of project Uferstadt (riverside city), the redesign of the former Grundig site, the river has been put into a nature-like bed in 2003. On a length of one kilometer, two new loops and shallowed banks have been created, and part of the former river bed have been kept in the form of backwaters. These tasks have been cofinanced by the European Union
  European Union
  
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
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