Pegnitz River

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The Pegnitz River is a river in the German state of Bavaria that flows through the city of Nuremberg and joins the Rednitz to form the Regnitz.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pegnitz River canonical 9
Pegnitz Valley 1
Regnitz River 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Germany
confluenceLocation Fürth
country Germany
crossesAdministrativeRegion Middle Franconia
Upper Franconia
environmentalProjects renaturation projects near Nuremberg
flowsDirection generally westward
flowsThrough Fürth
Hersbruck
Lauf an der Pegnitz
Neuhaus an der Pegnitz
Nuremberg
Pegnitz
surface form: Pegnitz (town)
formsRiver Regnitz
surface form: Regnitz River
formsRiverWith Rednitz River
hasBridge Fleischbrücke
Henkersteg
hasCulturalSignificance iconic river scenery in Nuremberg
hasFloodHistory subject to periodic flooding
hasIsland Trödelmarkt island
hasLeftTributary Laufach (local tributaries)
hasOldName Pegnitz
surface form: Pegnitz (German: Pegnitz)
hasRightTributary Hersbrucker Alb streams
Schnaittach River
hasValley Pegnitz River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pegnitz Valley
length approximately 113 km
locatedIn Bavaria
southern Germany
mouthRiver Rednitz River
namedAfter town of Pegnitz
nameLanguage German
nearbyGeologicalRegion Franconian Jura
partOf German inland waterway network
surface form: Danube–Main river network via Regnitz and Main
passesThrough Altstadt (old town) of Nuremberg
surface form: Nuremberg Old Town
region Franconia
riverSystem Main River basin
sourceCountry Germany
sourceLocation Franconian Switzerland
tourism popular for hiking along Pegnitz Valley
tributaryOf Regnitz
surface form: Regnitz River
urbanSection heavily canalized in Nuremberg
usedFor recreation
urban landscape in Nuremberg
waterBodyType freshwater river

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuremberg traversedByRiver Pegnitz River
Nuremberg nearRiver Pegnitz River
this entity surface form: Regnitz River
Fürth locatedOn Pegnitz River
Rednitz River formedRegnitzWith Pegnitz River
Franken hasRiver Pegnitz River
St. Lorenz Church facing Pegnitz River
Pegnitz River hasValley Pegnitz River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pegnitz Valley
Franconia hasRiver Pegnitz River
Franconian Jura drainedBy Pegnitz River
Main Market Square locatedNear Pegnitz River
subject surface form: Main Market Square (Nuremberg)