Alzette

Alzette Uelzecht
Course of the Alzette
Data
Water code	FR :  A89-0200
location	France Region Grand Est Meurthe-et-Moselle department Moselle department Luxembourg Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Sauer  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	in Villerupt - Micheville 49 ° 28 ′ 26 ″  N , 5 ° 56 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height	305  m
muzzle	at Ettelbrück in the Sauer Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '53 "  N , 6 ° 6' 43"  E 49 ° 50 '53 "  N , 6 ° 6' 43"  E
Mouth height	192  m
Height difference	113 m
Bottom slope	1.5 ‰
length	73 km
Catchment area	1172 km²
Outflow A Eo : 1172 km² at the mouth	MQ Mq	11 m³ / s 9.4 l / (s km²)
Medium-sized cities	Luxembourg
The Alzette at the mouth of the Petruss in Luxembourg (city)
Mouth of the Alzette (left) into the Sauer (right)

The Alzette (Luxembourgish: Uelzecht ; outdated High German names: Alzig or Goethe: Elze ) is a 73 km long tributary of the Sauer in France and Luxembourg .

geography

course

The Alzette rises in France in the commune of Villerupt (German: Weiler) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , flows from there to the north and runs through the south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the Gutland ) from south to north. It flows through Esch and Hesperingen in a spacious basin and through the capital Luxembourg in a narrow valley with the districts of Grund and Pfaffenthal . The most modern bridge over the river there is the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge .

North of the capital around Walferdingen (Walfer, Walferdange) and Lorentzweiler , the valley is somewhat wider, but its slopes are higher. At Mersch, where the Mamer and Eisch flow from the west , it gets narrower again. In Colmar-Berg also the flows from west Attert . About 3 km further on, the Alzette flows into the Sauer near Ettelbrück .

The Alzette is sung about in the Luxembourg national anthem . The PC 1 and PC 15 long-distance cycle routes run along the Alzette as part of the national cycle network in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Tributaries

Luxembourg around 1350 - with the four most important rivers of today's Luxembourg: The Alzette flows from south to north

• Belerbach (left) , 4.1 km
• Dipbech (left) ; 5.5 km
• Kiemelbach (left) ; 7.8 km
• Mess (left) ; 13.7 km
• Kaelbach (right) ; 16.5 km
• Mierbech (left) ; 5.2 km
• Didelengerbach (right) ; 7.5 km
• Bibeschbach (left) ; 5.4 km
• Crauthemergruef (right) ; 2.9 km
• Doulemerbaach (left)
• Izegerbaach (right)
• Drosbech (left) ; 8.6 km
• Huerbaach (right)
• Petruss (left) ; 12.8 km
• Klengelbach (left) ; 1.5 km
• Wäissbaach (right)
• Kaylbaach (left)
• Millebach (left)
• Kaasselterbach (right) ; 4.5 km
• Rollegerbaach (right)
• Bierschbach (right) ; 4.3 km
• Mamer (left) ; 25.6 km
• Eisch (left) ; 49.6 km
• Bierengerbach (right) ; 1.5 km
• Wellerbach (Wëllerbaach) (left) ; 6.2 km
• Rouschtbach (right) ; 1.8 km
• Rouschtbach (left) ; 2.0 km
• Schrondweilerbach (right) ; 4.4 km
• Wäissefiertchen (right)
• Metschbach (right) ; 2.9 km
• Kalbach (right) ; 0.2 km
• Attert (left) ; 30.5 km
• Kiselbach (right) ; 3.3 km
• Ousterbaach (left)
• Deiwelbaach (left)
• Haupteschbach (left) ; 3.4 km
• Wark (left) ; 28.4 km

Web links

Commons : Alzette  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Alzette  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Alzette at SANDRE (French)
• Débits caractéristiques de l'Alzette (French; PDF file; 14 kB)
• Ettelbrück station: Alzette

Individual evidence

1. ^ Débits caractéristiques
2. ↑ Brockhaus Encyclopedia, 19th edition, Vol. 1, p. 462.
3. ^ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Campaign in France - October 15. (No longer available online.) In: Wissen-im-netz.info. March 8, 2003, archived from the original on November 8, 2005 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ National cycle network in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (PDF; 2.6 MB)