The Itz is a river in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and a 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) right tributary of the Main.

The Itz begins in Sachsenbrunn

Sachsenbrunn

Sachsenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany....

 (Stelzen), Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

 and flows southward through Bachfeld

Bachfeld

Bachfeld is a municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany....

 and Schalkau

Schalkau

Schalkau is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km west of Sonneberg, and 15 km north of Coburg....

. It crosses into Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 and feeds the Froschgrundsee  reservoir. It continues through Dörfles-Esbach

Dörfles-Esbach

Dörfles-Esbach is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany....

, Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

, and Großheirath

Großheirath

Großheirath is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany....

, then is joined by the Rodach

Rodach (Itz)

Rodach is a river of Bavaria, Germany....

 north of Itzgrund

Itzgrund

Itzgrund is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany....

. It continues southward to Rattelsdorf

Rattelsdorf

Rattelsdorf is a community with market rights in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg .-Geography:Rattelsdorf lies in the Upper Franconia-West region. It consists of 13 smaller population centres which are all found within the same area. Among them, Ebing is the second-biggest...

 and Baunach

Baunach

Baunach is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and the seat of the administrative community of Baunach. Until administrative reform in 1972, Baunach belonged to the Lower Franconian district of Ebern....

, where it joins the Main.

The Itz flooded Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

in early 2003.