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 Vosges It initially flows for about 700 metres through woods in a southerly direction. Thereafter its course runs along the boundary between the municipalities of Mitschdorf and Lampertsloch, past the fields and meadows of the field system known as ''In der Heimelsstraengen'' to its right and the woods of ''Liebwald'' to its left. The river is now heding south-southwest. Near the mill of ''Brehmmühle'' southeast of Mitschdorf and north of the ''Rue de Voyageurs'' (''D677'') it bends sharply, almost at right angles, to bear east-southeast. This now becomes its main direction of flow from here to its mouth.

It now reaches the western edge of Preuschdorf and its volume is increased by the arrival of a headstream from the left, from the ''Liebwald'' to the north. Somewhat later it is joined by a stream on the right from the hill of ''Kalmersberg'', which on many mapsGéoportail
/ref> is also seen as the main headstream of the same name. East of the village it is fed from the right by the '' Kinderlochgraben'', which comes from the southwest. Its course is now accompanied for a long stretch by the ''D28''. It flows now through a landscape of fields and meadows. Just before it reaches Merkwiller-Péchelbronn, it picks up the waters of the ''Augraben'' from the left and, a little later, the '' Willenbachgraben'' on the right. After the ''Seltzersbach'' has left the village, it collects the '' Bruchgraben'' from the right, south of ''Wingertsfeld''. The ''Seltzersbach'' now passes through the municipality of Kutzenhausen. At the spot where it is joined from the right by the ''Sumpfgraben'', the ''Seltzersbach'' swings northeast and reaches Soultz-sous-Forêts-Wolfsgarten shortly thereafter.

It now changes direction to head west, flows through grassland and crosses under the ''Rue du Docteur Michel Deutsch'' (''D264''). Shortly afterwards on its left side its water volume it boosted by the ''Froeschwillerbach'', also called the ''Froeschwillerbaechel''. The ''Seltzersbach'' now passes under a railway of the SNCF and flows through more fields and meadows, passing under the''D263'' northeast of Hohwiller. It arrives in Hoffen where it crosses the ''D52'' near the mill of ''Bostaetter Mühle''. Near the sawmill (''Saegmuehle''), northeast of Leiterswiller, it collects ''Haussauerbach'' on the left. There the ''Eichelgraben'' ditch splits off and then, south of Oberroedern on its northern bank, the ''Eilgraben''. The ''Seltzersbach'' passes under the ''D245'' and is rejoined shortly thereafter by the ''Eichelgraben''. Immediately afterwards another ditch branches of the ''Seltzersbach'' to the south. Southwest of Buhl the ''Eilgraben'' to the north rejoins the ''Seltzersbach''. Soon afterwards the ''Seebach'', also called the ''Seebaechel'', empties into the river from the left. Near the mill of ''Gerittsmühle'' the ''Warsbach'' discharges into the ''Seltzersbach'' on the left, coming from the north. It now reaches Niederrœdern and is fed there by the ''Reissergraben'' from the right.

It leaves this village and snakes its way along the northern perimeter of the ''Hesselbusch'' woods, passes under the ''N363'' and reaches the northern edge of Seltz, where it picks up the ''Eberbach'' from the left. It now flows between Seltz and Niedersand and empties at last into the ''Sauer'' at a height of {{Höhe, 109, FR.

References

External links

Localisation des points de prélèvements
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Vosges (department)
Rivers of Grand Est
Rivers of Bas-Rhin
Rivers of France
Tributaries of the Sauer (Rhine)