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

Upper Palatinate

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  in the south German state of Bavaria

Bavaria

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Course

The river

River

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 rises in the district of Bayreuth on the southern edge of the Fichtelgebirge

Fichtelgebirge

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 mountains between Kirchenpingarten

Kirchenpingarten

Kirchenpingarten is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany....

 and the mountain of Platte , about seven kilometres north of Speichersdorf

Speichersdorf

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

Neustadt (Waldnaab) (district)

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 after a short distance. Near Dorfgmünd it is joined by its largest tributary, the River Creußen

Creußen (river)

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. The Haidenaab continues past Pressath

Pressath

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 and Mantel to Luhe-Wildenau

Luhe-Wildenau

Luhe-Wildenau is a municipality in the district of Neustadt in Bavaria in Germany....

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

Waldnaab

The Waldnaab is the left-hand, eastern and longest headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatinate .Together with the Waldnaab the Naab is long.- The Tirschenreuth Waldnaab :...

 to become the Naab

Naab

The Naab is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and is a left tributary of the Danube. It is approx. long, including its main source river Waldnaab....

, which eventually flows into the Danube

Danube

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. For much of its course the Haidenaab is accompanied by the Haidenaab Cycleway. 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)
• Creußen
  Creußen (river)
  Creußen is a river of Bavaria, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Bavaria...
  
  (right)
• Hohlbach (left)
• Heilinglohbach (left)
• Röthenbach (right)
• Eichelbach (right)
• Mühllohbach (right)
• Stockweiherbach (right)

Source

• „The Naab – mit Waldnaab, Fichtelnaab, Haidenaab.“, 144 Seiten, Pustet, Regensburg.(ISBN 3-7917-1915-7)