The Sauer is a

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Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

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). A left tributary of the river

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, its total length is about , of which in France. Its upper course, in Germany, is called Saarbach. Its source is in the Palatinate forest, near the French border, south of

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. It flows into France near

Schœnau Schœnau ( or ; german: Schönau; gsw-als, Scheenâi) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 commun ...

, and continues through

Wœrth Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the site of the Battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 18 ...

and north of

Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

. It flows into the Rhine in

Seltz Seltz (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. It is located on the Sauer river near its confluence with the Rhine, opposite the German town of Rastatt. History The former Celtic settlement ...

, opposite the mouth of the Murg.

Tributaries

Seltzbach The Seltzbach is a river that is 33 kilometres long. It forms a left tributary of the Sauer in Alsace. Geography Course The ''Seltzbach'' rises at a height of about in the ''Forêt de Gœrsdorf'' northeast of Mitschdorf in the North Vosge ...

Soultzbach (Sauer) The Soultzbach (also ''Ruisseau le Soulzbach'') is a river in Alsace, France. It is long, and is a right tributary of the Sauer The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre ( French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A lef ...

References

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