The Souffel (german: Suffel) is a river in
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 ...
, France. It rises near
Kuttolsheim and joins the river
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(a tributary of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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), south of
La Wantzenau after a course of .
It gave its name to two villages on its banks:
Souffelweyersheim
Souffelweyersheim (; also german: Suffelweyersheim, ; gsw, Süffelwirsche in the Alsatian dialect) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, northeastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg.
Etymology
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and
Griesheim-sur-Souffel.
[ Tributaries of the Souffel are Haltbach, Plaetzerbach, Musaubach, Kolbsenbach and Leisbach.]
Autoroute A355: Grand Contournement Ouest de Strasbourg
' Mai 2006. p. 8.Battle of La Suffel
The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 28 June 1815 at Souffelweyersheim and Hoenheim, near Strasbourg.
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was fought on its banks.
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Grand Est
Rivers of Bas-Rhin
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