List of old waterbodies of the Rhine

This list of old waterbodies of the Rhine contains a selection of ox-bow lakes and meanders of the River Rhine which go under various names that mean Old Rhine or Old Arm f the Rhine Alter Rhein, Altrhein, Altrheinarm, Altrheinzug, Altarm, Rheinaltarm or Restrhein. Artificially created waterbodies, such as quarry ponds; e. g. the ''Altrheinsee'', which may be confused with old branches of the Rhine are mentioned in the section Waterbodies linked to the Rhine''.

As a result of natural translocation, the ox-bows and meanders of the Rhine riverbed remain as side arms of the New Rhine (''Neurhein''); others were cut off as a result of artificial river canalisation, such as in the wake of the canalisation of the Rhine (''Rheinbegradigung'') from 1817 under the direction of Johann Gottfried Tulla. These old waters, together with the New Rhine, circumscribe islands or peninsulas. The old river courses have mostly lost their water-bearing link to the New Rhine. Many lie within nature reserves, offer breeding sites for water birds or act as washlands during flooding. Sometimes they are used by canoeists or anglers.

Old Rhine waterbodies

''Locating old Rhine waterbodies in the list:''
Some names of old Rhine waterbodies include the name of a nearby town or village; others do not. In order to make it easy to find in every case, the nearby settlement is usually written in alphabetical order and ''italics'' before each waterbody name as a means of locating it. Next, the coordinates of the waterbody and its position on the Rhine (l/r =  left/right) follow, then comes either the waterbody name itself in normal lettering, as well as other names of the waterbody in italics. Or there may just be a reference to the name of another place name behind the town name, under which the river is listed in'' italics''.

Altarm

see also (below) → '' Rheinaltarm''
* near ''Bad Honnef:''
Altarm (Bad Honnef) (; r), between Bad Honnef and the Rhine island of Grafenwerth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
* near ''Auenheim:''
near Auenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altarm (Auenheim) (; r)
** Altarm Sportplatz (; r)

Alter Rhein

in the canton of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria) – old arms of the Alpine Rhine:
* Alter Rhein (Diepoldsauer Durchstich) (; r), near Diepoldsau and Hohenems; formed by the Diepoldsauer Durchstich
* Alter Rhein (Fußacher Durchstich) (; r), near St. Margrethen, Höchst, Rheineck, Gaißau and Altenrhein; formed by the Fußacher Durchstich
in Germany:
* near ''Rheinberg;''
see below →  near ''Rheinberg''
* near ''Xanten;''
see below →  near ''Xanten''

Altrhein

numerous old Rhine waterbodies:
* near ''Altlußheim;''
see below →  near ''Speyer''
* near ''Altrip;''
see below →  near ''Neuhofen''
* near ''Astheim;''
see below →  near ''Ginsheim''
* bei ''Au am Rhein:''
Auer Altrhein (; r), near Au am Rhein, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
see also (below) →  near ''Auer old arms of the Rhine''
* near ''Baumberg;''
see below →  near ''Urdenbach''
* near ''Berghausen:''
Berghäuser Altrhein (; l), near Berghausen, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
* near ''Bienen;''
see below →  near ''Rees''
* near ''Birten;''
see below →  near ''Xanten''
* near ''Breisach:''
see below → '' Altrhein or Restrhein''
* near ''Daxlanden;''
see below →  near ''Karlsruhe''
* near ''Dornick;''
see below →  near ''Rees''
* near ''Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen:''
near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altrhein (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen) (; r), near Eggenstein and Leopoldshafen
** Altrhein (Eggenstein) (; r), near Eggenstein
** Eggensteiner Altrhein (; r), Rheinniederung Canal, near Eggenstein and Leopoldshafen
* near ''Eich;''
see below → '' Eicher See'' and below →  near ''Gimbsheim''
* bei ''Elchesheim-Illingen:''
near Elchesheim-Illingen, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altrhein (Elchesheim) (; r), near Elchesheim
** Illinger Altrhein (; r), near Illingen;
see also (below) →  near ''Steinmauern''
* near ''Emmerich am Rhein;''
see below →  near ''Rees''
* near ''Erfelden;''
see below →  near ''Stockstadt/Erfelden''
* near ''Esserden;''
see below →  near ''Rees''
* near ''Flüren:''
Flürener Altrhein (; r), near Flüren (Wesel), Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
* bei ''Gimbsheim:''
Gimbsheimer Altrhein ''(Eich-Gimbsheimer Altrhein)'' (; l), between Eich and Gimbsheim, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
see also (below) → '' Altrheinsee'' and (below) → '' Eicher See''
* bei ''Ginsheim:''
Ginsheimer Altrhein (; r), near Ginsheim-Gustavsburg and near Astheim (Trebur), Kreis Groß-Gerau, Hessen
* near ''Giriz;''
see below →  near ''Giriz'' (Rheinaltarm)
* bei ''Grauelsbaum:''
nahe Grauelsbaum (Lichtenau), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
see also (below) →  near ''Greffern''
** Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel (; r)
** Altrheinzug (Grauelsbaum) (; r)
* near ''Gernsheim;''
see below →  near ''Groß-Rohrheim''
* bei ''Greffern:''
nahe Greffern (Rheinmünster), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
see also (above) →  near ''Grauelsbaum''
** Altrhein 1 (Greffern) ''(Entenloch)'' (; r)
** Altrhein 2 (Greffern) (; r)
* near ''Griethausen;''
see below →  near ''Kleve''
* near ''Groß-Rohrheim:''
Hammerauer Altrhein (; r), in the reserve of ''Hammer Aue von Gernsheim und Groß-Rohrheim'', near Groß-Rohrheim and Gernsheim, Bergstraße, Hesse
* near ''Hagenbach:''
near/nahe Hagenbach, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate:
** Hagenbacher Altrhein (; l), near Hagenbach
** Insel Nauas Altrhein (; l), near Hagenbach
* near ''Heidesheim:''
Altrhein Haderaue (; l), near Heidesheim am Rhein, county of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate
* near ''Hamm am Rhein;''
see above →  near ''Gimbsheim''
* near ''Hofheim;''
see below →  near ''Lampertheim''
* bei ''Honau;''
see below →  near ''Diersheim: Steinwert-Hot 2 (Altrheinarm)''
* bei ''Hügelsheim:''
near Hügelsheim, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altrhein (Hügelsheim) (; r)
** Altrheinzug (Hügelsheim) (; r)
* near ''Ilverich:''
Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge (; l), near Meerbusch, Strümp and Ilverich, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia
* near ''Jockgrim:''
near Jockgrim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate;
see also (below) →  near ''Wörth am Rhein''
** Altrhein südlich Jockgrim (; l), an and teils auf Grenze zu Wörth am Rhein
** Altrhein Hörnel ''(Hörnel-Altrhein)'' (; l),by the Rhine island of Hörnel, aber in the Gebiet from Wörth am Rhein
* bei ''Karlsruhe:''
im Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
see also (below) →  ''Knielinger See''
** Rappenwörter Altrhein (; r), near Karlsruhe- Daxlanden
** Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee (; r), in the NSG ''Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee'', near Neureut, nearm Ölhäfen
* near ''Knielingen;''
see below →  ''Knielinger See''
* near ''Kellen;''
see below →  near ''Kleve''
* near ''Ketsch:''
Ketscher Altrhein (; r), near Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Kleve'':
near Kleve, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia:
** Kellener Altrhein (; l), near Kellen
** Griethauser Altrhein (; l), near Griethausen
* near ''Klein-Rohrheim;''
see above →  near ''Groß-Rohrheim''
* bei ''Lampertheim:'' near Lampertheim, Kreis Bergstraße, Hessen:
** Lampertheimer Altrhein (; r), in the NSG Lampertheimer Altrhein, near Lampertheim and Biblis
** Maulbeerauer Altrhein ''(Hofheimer Altrhein, Nordheimer Altrhein)'' (; r), near the Rhine island of Maulbeeraue, near Hofheim (Lampertheim) and Hofheim (Biblis)
* bei ''Leimersheim:'' near Leimersheim and Neupotz, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (looking down the Rhine):
** Altrhein near Neupotz (; l)
** Altrhein Leimersheim (; l)
* near ''Lingenfeld:''
Lingenfelder Altrhein (; l), near Lingenfeld, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
* near ''Linkenheim-Hochstetten:''
Altrhein Insel Rott (; r), by the island of Rott, near Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Ludwigshafen am Rhein;''
see below →  near ''Roxheim''
* near ''Mannheim:''
im Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altrhein Backofen (; r), near Rheinauhafen
** Mannheimer Altrhein ''(Waldhofer / Sandhofer Altrhein)'' (; r), with Mannheimer Altrheinhafen and Industriehafen, near the Friesenheimer Insel and den Stadtteilen Waldhof and Sandhofen sowie in the Stadtbezirk and Stadtteil Neckarstadt-West
** Altrhein Sandhofen-Ballauf (; r), near Sandhofen
* near ''Märkt:''
Altrhein Märkt (; r; with Krebsbach), near Märkt (Weil am Rhein), Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg;
see also (below) → '' Altrhein or Restrhein''
* near ''Marlen:''
near Marlen (Kehl), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg:
** Altrhein Fischerkopf (; r)
** Altrhein Saurheinkopf (; r)
* near ''Maxau;''
see below →  ''Knielinger See''
* near ''Maximiliansau;''
see above →  near ''Hagenbach'' and below →  near ''Wörth am Rhein''
* near ''Mechtersheim:''
Mechtersheimer Altrhein (; l), near Mechtersheim (Römerberg), Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
* near ''Meerbusch;''
see above →  near ''Ilverich''
* near ''Mutterstadt;''
see below →  near ''Roxheim''
* near ''Neuhofen:''
Neuhofener Altrhein ''(Neuhöfer Altrhein)'' (; l), between Altrip and Neuhofen, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
* near ''Neupotz;''
see above →  near ''Leimersheim''
* near ''Neureut;''
see above →  near ''Karlsruhe''
* near ''Nordheim;''
see above →  near ''Lampertheim''
* near ''Oberhausen;''
see below →  near ''Philippsburg''
* near ''Oggersheim;''
see below →  near ''Roxheim''
* near ''Ossenberg;''
see below →  near ''Rheinberg''
* near ''Ottenheim:''
Altrhein Lech (; r), near Ottenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Otterstadt:''
near Otterstadt, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate (looking down the Rhine):
** Angelhofer Altrhein (; l), near Otterstadt and in the Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Speyer;
see also (below) →  near ''Speyer''
** Otterstädter Altrhein (; l), near Otterstadt and Waldsee
* bei ''Philippsburg:''
Philippsburger Altrhein (; r), near Philippsburg, county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Plittersdorf:''
near Plittersdorf (Rastatt), Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
** Altrhein Plittersdorf (; r)
** Altrheinarm (Plittersdorf) (; r)
** Altrhein (Plittersdorf) (; r)
* near ''Praest;''
see below →  near ''Rees''
* bei ''Rees:''
near Rees and Emmerich am Rhein, Kreis Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia:
** Bienener Altrhein!--???Nr--> (; r), near Esserden, Bienen, Praest and Dornick
** Grietherorter Altrhein (; r), near Grietherort
** Reeser Altrhein (; r), near Haffen and Rees
* near ''Rheinau;''
see below →  near ''Diersheim: Steinwert-Hot 2 (Altrheinarm)'', below →  near ''Freistett'', below →  near ''Helmlingen'' and above →  near ''Honau''
* near ''Rheinberg:''
Rheinberger Altrhein ''(Alter Rhein)'' (; l), near Rheinberg and Ossenberg, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
* near ''Rheinhausen;''
see above →  near ''Philippsburg''
* near ''Rheinsheim;''
see above →  near ''Philippsburg''
* near ''Riburg;''
see below →  near ''Riburg'' (Rheinaltarm)
* bei ''Roxheim:''
Roxheimer Altrhein (//; l), from Mutterstadt ''inter alia'' through Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate:
see also (below) → '' Silbersee''
** ''Hinterer Roxheimer Altrhein'' (; l), near Roxheim
** ''Vorderer Roxheimer Altrhein'' (; l), near Roxheim
* near ''Rüdlingen;''
see below →  near ''Rüdlingen'' (Rheinaltarm)
* near ''Rußheim:''
Rußheimer Altrhein (; r), am Elisabethenwörth, with Alter Minthesee, near Rußheim (Dettenheim), Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Sasbach:''
Sasbacher Altrhein (; r), near Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, county of Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Scherzheim:''
Altrhein (Scherzheim) (; r), near Scherzheim (Lichtenau), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg
* near ''Sondernheim:''
Michelsbach (Sondernheimer Altrhein) (; l), near Sondernheim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
* bei ''Speyer:''
Altlußheimer Altrhein (; l), in the Speyerer Auwald, kreisfreie Stadt Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate; gegenüber vom baden-württembergischen Altlußheim;
see also (above) →  near ''Otterstadt'' and below → '' Runkedebunk''
* bei ''Steinmauern:''
see below →  Goldkanal and see also (above) →  near ''Elchesheim-Illingen''
* bei ''Stockstadt/Erfelden:''
Stockstadt-Erfelder Altrhein (; r), in the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve, near Stockstadt and Erfelden, Groß-Gerau, Hesse
* near ''Strümp;''
see above →  near ''Ilverich''
* near ''Tiengen;''
see below →  near ''Tiengen'' (Rheinaltarm)
* bei ''Urdenbach:''
Urdenbacher Altrhein (; r), near Baumberg (Monheim am Rhein) and Urdenbach, Kreis Mettmann and kreisfreie Stadt Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
* near ''Waldsee;''
see above →  near ''Otterstadt''
* near ''Wintersdorf:''
Altrhein Wintersdorf (; r), Rheinniederung Canal, near Wintersdorf, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg
* bei ''Wörth am Rhein:''
Wörther Altrhein (; l), near Wörth am Rhein, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate;
see also (above) →  near ''Jockgrim''
* bei ''Xanten:''
Xantener Altrhein ''(Alter Rhein)'' (; l), near Birten and Xanten, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia

Altrheinarm

* Auer Altrheinarme(; r), several old arms of the Rhine near Au am Rhein, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
see also (above) →  near ''Au am Rhein''
* ''Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel;''
see above →  near ''Grauelsbaum''
* ''Altrheinarm Plittersdorf;''
see above →  near ''Plittersdorf''
* Altrheinarm (Rheinbischofsheim) (; r; with the Groschenwasser), near Rheinbischofsheim and Freistett (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg;
see also (below) →  near ''Freistett''
* Altrheinarme Taubergießen(; r), several old arms of the Rhine in the Auen- and NSG Taubergießen, ''inter alia'' near Rust, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
* Steinwert-Hot 2 (Altrheinarm) (; r), near Diersheim and Honau (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg

Altrhein or Restrhein

Section of the River Rhine called the ''Altrhein'' or ''Restrhein'' parallel to the 52.7-kilometre-long Grand Canal d'Alsace (''Rheinseitenkanal''), between the ''Stauwehr Märkt'' (; Weil am Rhein; Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg; Germany) and Village-Neuf (department of Haut-Rhin; France) and the ''Kulturwehr Breisach'' (; Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg; Germany) and Volgelsheim (department of Haut-Rhin; France) running as a border river;
see also (above) →  near ''Märkt''

Altrheinschlinge

* ''Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge;''
see above →  near ''Ilverich''

Altrheinzug

* ''Altrheinzug (Grauelsbaum);''
see above →  near ''Grauelsbaum''
* ''Altrheinzug (Hügelsheim);''
see above →  near ''Hügelsheim''
* Durchgehender Altrheinzug (r), east along the Rhine, Baden-Württemberg

Restrhein

see above → '' Altrhein or Restrhein''

Rheinaltarm

see also (above) → '' Altarm''
* near ''Giriz:''
Rheinaltarm Giriz (; l), near Koblenz AG, canton of Aargau, Switzerland
* bei ''Riburg:''
Rheinaltarm Riburg (; l), near Riburg (Möhlin), canton of Aargau, Switzerland
* bei ''Rüdlingen:''
Rheinaltarm Rüdlingen (; l), near Rüdlingen, canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
* bei ''Tiengen:''
Rheinaltarm Tiengen (; r), near Tiengen (Waldshut-Tiengen), county of Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg

Special old Rhine waterbodies

Waterbodies that are not called e.g. ''Alter Rhein'' or ''Altrhein'', but are nevertheless old arms of the Rhine are:
* Die Roos (; l), old arm of the Rhine near Friemersheim and Hohenbudberg, by and in the nature reserve of Rheinaue Friemersheim, in the boroughs of Duisburg and Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
* near ''Freistett;''
near Freistett (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
see also (above) → '' Altrheinarm (Rheinbischofsheim)''
** Bischemer Grund (; r)
** Altwasser am Dreimärkerweg (; r)
** Altwasser am Kreuzdammweg (; r)
** Altwasser im Steingrund (; r)
* bei ''Helmlingen:''
near Helmlingen (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine):
** Hellwasser (; r), near Helmlingen and Freistett
** Herrenwasser (; r)
** Mittelkopf (; r)
** Rubenkopfkehle (; r)
** Judenloch (; r)
* Niep ''(Niepkuhlenzug)'' and angrenzende Kuhlen (; l), between the city of Krefeld and Issum in the county of Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rheinlöcher/Scheidegraben (; l), near Ibersheim and Hamm am Rhein, near Ibersheimer Wörth, in the borough of Worms and municipality of Hamm am Rhein, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
* Runkedebunk (; l), in the Speyerer Auwald, Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate; near Berghäuser Altrhein and opposite the island of Horn;
see also (above) →  near ''Speyer''

Waterbodies linked to the Rhine

These are artificially created waterbodies alongside the Rhine (such as quarry ponds), which are neither old arms nor tributaries of the Rhine, but which could be confused with such and are directly or indirectly linked to the Rhine. (sorted alphabetically by name):
* Altrheinsee (; l), near Eich, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
(quarry pond, with very large part of the Gimbsheimer Altrhein)
* Eicher See (; l), near Eich and Hamm am Rhein, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
(quarry pond with marina including link to the Rhine; formed end of the 20th century)
see also (above) →  near ''Gimbsheim''
* Goldkanal (; r), near Steinmauern and Illingen (Elchesheim-Illingen), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
(old arm of the Rhine massively expanded as a quarry pond)
see also (above) →  near ''Elchesheim-Illingen''
* Knielinger See (; r), near Knielingen and Maxau, in the NSG Altrhein Maxau, in borough of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
(quarry pond with small section of old Rhine arm and dredged old Rhine waterbodies)
see also (above) →  near ''Karlsruhe''
* Silbersee (; l), near Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
(quarry pond on the inside of the bend of the Vorderen and Hinteren Roxheimer Altrhein)
see also (above) →  near ''Roxheim''

See also

* Oude Rijn (Gelderland)
* Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland)

External links

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