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The Moselle ( / moʊˈzɛl / moh-ZEL, [1] French: [mɔzɛl] ⓘ; German: Mosel [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Musel [ˈmuzəl] ⓘ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
The Moselle Valley ( French: vallée de la Moselle, pronounced [vale də la mɔzɛl]; German: Moseltal, pronounced [ˈmoːzl̩ˌtaːl] ⓘ) is a region in north-eastern France, south-western Germany, and eastern Luxembourg, centred on the river valley formed by the river Moselle. The Moselle runs through, and along the borders of, the three ...
The Saar ( German: [zaːɐ̯] ⓘ; French: Sarre [saʁ]) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams (the Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, which join in ...
Mosel ( German: [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ) is one of 13 German wine regions ( Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines ( Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River ( French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel ). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more ...
The most important rivers of Germany include: flowing into the Baltic Sea: Oder. flowing into the Black Sea: Danube (and its main tributaries Inn, Isar, and Lech) flowing into the North Sea: Rhine (and its main tributaries Moselle, Main and Neckar ), Weser and Elbe (and its main tributaries Havel and Saale)
Location. Bernkastel-Kues lies in the Mosel valley, roughly 50 km (31 mi) from Trier. The greatest elevation is the Olymp (415 m above sea level ), and the lowest point (107 m above sea level) lies on the Mosel's banks. The municipal area totals 23 657 101 m 2, of which 7 815 899 m 2 is used for agriculture, thereby making Bernkastel-Kues one ...
The Rhine is the longest river in Germany. It is here that the Rhine encounters some more of its main tributaries, such as the Neckar , the Main and, later, the Moselle , which contributes an average discharge of more than 300 m 3 /s (11,000 cu ft/s).
The Moselle is an important waterway and is also used for river cruises. A new passenger railway service on the western side of the Mosel is scheduled to open in December 2018. Sports Moselstadium Trier. Major sports clubs in Trier include: SV Eintracht Trier 05, association football; Gladiators Trier, basketball (former TBB Trier)