Kirnitzsch

The Kirnitzsch (German), in Bohemia also called the Kirnischt, , is a right tributary of the River Elbe, which passes through the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony.

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River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.name: Kirnitzsch
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.name_other: Křinice, Kirnischt
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.image: Kirnitzsch3.JPG
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.subdivision_type1: Countries
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.length_km: 45
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.source1_location: in Šluknov Hook in the Czech Republic west of Studánka
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.mouth_location: in Bad Schandau into the Elbe
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.basin_population: 2266 (as at: 1999)in the Kirnitzsch valley
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.basin_landmarks: Small towns: Bad Schandau
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.basin_size_km2: 140
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.discharge1_location: at Kirnitzsch valley ( above its mouth) gauge
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.discharge1_min: Record low: (in 2005)Average low:
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.discharge1_max: Average high: Record high: (in 1995)
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.tributaries_right: Zeidlerbach, Weißbach, Heidelbach
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.tributaries_left: Rotes Floß
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.waterbodies: Reservoirs: Obere Schleuse
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.custom_label: Navigable
River<! de:Template:Infobox Fluss >.custom_data: no

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Image: Kirnitzsch3.JPG
Length: 23.055

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watershed area: 140

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Geography
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Wasserqualität
Obere Schleuse
Niedere Schleuse
Wirtschaft
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The Kirnitzsch (German), in Bohemia also called the Kirnischt, , is a right tributary of the River Elbe, which passes through the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony.

== Geography == The Kirnitzsch, also called the Kirnscht or Kirnsch in the local dialect, rises in the Lusatian Highlands in Bohemia west of the village of Studánka (German Schönborn) and flows westwards through the town of Krásná Lípa (Schönlinde). Behind the village of (Khaa, part of Krásná Lípa) it wends its way along narrow ravines through the sandstone rocks of Bohemian Switzerland. The wild, romantic valley is also called the Khaatal (Kyjovske údoli) (Khaa valley).