The Ölschnitz is a right-bank, northern headstream of the White Main in the German province of Upper Franconia in Bavaria.

[1] The Ölschnitz has its source at an impoundment and granite well stone in Solg, a village in the borough of Münchberg.

It then flows down to Tennersreuth, passes under the A 9 motorway, supplies water for the Streitau Mill and continues to Böseneck.

After many bends it reaches the Entenmühle ("duck mill"), then flows around the hill spur near Stein in a large curve before cutting through the hard, diabase rock in a steep, rocky, narrow valley, rich in flora, and reaching the spa park (Kurpark) at Bad Berneck.

In 1732, an ordinance concerning the Ölschnitz was issued by the Margrave of Bayreuth for the protection of the freshwater pearl mussels introduced there.