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
Kuttolsheim (; german: Küttolsheim; gsw-FR, Kettelse) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It has been built along an old Roman road leading from Strasbourg to Saverne.
Geography
Saverne is approxima ...
and joins the river
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(a tributary of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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), south of
La Wantzenau
La Wantzenau (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Location
The town is located 12 km northeast of Strasbourg. It is the last village along the Ill river before it joins the Rhine a few kilometre ...
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
Souffelweyers ...
and
Griesheim-sur-Souffel
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin ''département'' in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is positioned about 8 kilometers to the northwest of the city centre of Strasbourg.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is one of the 23 member commun ...
.
[ 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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