The Bist (archaic german: Bießt, french: Bisten) is a river in
France
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and in
Germany
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, and a
left tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Saar
Saar or SAAR has several meanings:
People Given name
*Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player
* Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist
*Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor
Surname
* Ain Saar (born 1968), Est ...
. It is long, of which within France and on the
French-German border.
The Bist begins near the French village of
Boucheporn,
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
and flows northeastward to
Creutzwald
Creutzwald (german: Kreuzwald) is a commune in the Moselle département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
With Germany, it manages the Warndt forest.
History
The town was formed in 1810, by the merging of the three villages of ''La Croi ...
. From there it follows the
Franco-German border northward to
Überherrn
Überherrn is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated along the river Bist on the border with France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western ...
, then flows eastward to (a district of
Wadgassen
Wadgassen is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 6 km southeast of Saarlouis, and 15 km west of Saarbrücken.
Religion
Between 1135 and 1792 the Premonstratensia ...
) and northward to join the Saar immediately north of the
Autobahn 620 bridge in Wadgassen,
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany:
B
*Bickenalb
* Bist
* Blies
* Bos
E
* Ellbach
*Erbach
F
* Franzenbach
G
* Gailbach
* Glan
H
*Hetschenbach
*Holzbach
I
*Ill
K
* Köllerbach
L
* Lambsbach
*Leukbach
*Löster
M
* Mandelbach
*Moselle
* M ...
References
Rivers of Saarland
Rivers of Grand Est
Rivers of France
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Moselle (department)
Rivers of Germany
France–Germany border
Border rivers
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