The Kinzig is a river, 87 kilometres long, in southern Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main.
Its source is in the Spessart hills at Sterbfritz, near Schlüchtern. The Kinzig flows into the Main in Hanau. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (district) was named after the river. The towns along the Kinzig are Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Gelnhausen, and Hanau. The Kinzig is first recorded in 815 A.D. as Chinzicha.
There are several German rivers called Kinzig. Another Kinzig flows into the Rhine in Kehl-Auenheim
