The Sauer is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in
France
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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 ...
) and
Germany
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(
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
). A left tributary of the river
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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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
Pirmasens
Pirmasens (; pfl, Bärmesens (also ''Bermesens'' or ''Bärmasens'')) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called ''Lan ...
. It flows into France near
Schœnau, and continues through
Wœrth
Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department and Grand Est Regions of France, region of north-eastern France.
The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the si ...
and north of
Haguenau. 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 settlemen ...
, opposite the mouth of the
Murg.
Tributaries
*
Seltzbach
*
Soultzbach (Sauer)
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
South Palatinate
Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest
Rivers of Grand Est
Rivers of Bas-Rhin
Rivers of Germany
International rivers of Europe
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