The
White Main ( or
Weißmain, not to be confused with the
Weismain), is the larger and shorter of the two
headstreams of the
River Main. It rises in the
Fichtelgebirge and merges near Steinenhausen, southwest of
Kulmbach, with the left-hand, southern headstream, the
Red Main, to form the Main. The length of the White Main is variously given as 41 km and 52.8 km. The source of the White Main lies on light
granite rock, which lends it its white colouration.