Moder (river)

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Moder
The catchment area of ​​the Moder with the two main arms Moder (north) and Zorn (south)

The catchment area of ​​the Moder with the two main arms Moder (north) and Zorn (south)

Data
Water code FR :  A3-0100
location France
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source at Moderfeld near Zittersheim
48 ° 53 '43 "  N , 7 ° 18' 57"  E
Source height 330  m
muzzle at Rhine km 334,500 left below the Iffezheim barrage in the Rhine Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 13 ″  E 48 ° 50 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 13 ″  E
Mouth height 113  m
Height difference 217 m
Bottom slope 2.6 ‰
length 82 km (according to sandre.fr)
Catchment area 1720 km²
Drain
(à la station RNB d'Auenheim) 		MQ
 16.6 m³ / s
Left tributaries Rothbach , Northern Zinsel
Right tributaries anger
Medium-sized cities Haguenau

The Moder is an approximately 82 km long tributary to the left of the Rhine . With its tributaries, the Moder drains most of the Northern Vosges and the north of the Lower Alsace Rhine Plain in the Bas-Rhin department . The catchment area covers 1,720 km². Their name is traced back to the Gallic river deity Matrae .

geography

course

The Moder rises at 330  m above sea level near Moderfeld near Zittersheim and initially flows in a north-easterly direction to Wingen-sur-Moder . From here the Saarbrücken - Strasbourg railway line and the D 919 accompany the river, which now runs southeast until shortly before the mouth. Via Wimmenau , it reaches the edge of the Rhine plain near Ingwiller . At Obermodern , Pfaffenhoffen and Niedermodern it flows through rural land. From the left the Rothbach joins La Walck . The Moder then touches the south of the Forêt de Haguenau (Holy Forest) and takes on the northern Zinsel from the left at Schweighouse-sur-Moder , shortly before reaching the city of Haguenau . The landscape here is shaped by industry, trade, traffic and energy supply systems. The river passes under the city ​​center , partially piped, and then runs at Kaltenhouse , Oberhoffen-sur-Moder and the town of Bischwiller, wedged between traffic routes. After crossing under the A 35 at Rohrwiller , the Moder turns north at the confluence of the Zorn and runs in the old Rhine bed just a few hundred meters from the Rhine , parallel to it in the main direction, but strongly winding through the Rhine meadows , past Drusenheim , Dalhunden , Stattmatten , Auenheim and Fort-Louis . At Rhine kilometer 334,500, it finally joins its companion from the left below the Iffezheim barrage .

Tributaries of the Moder

history

From late summer to winter of 1705 in the War of the Spanish Succession , opposing troops faced each other on the Moder line . At the end of this year, Ludwig von Baden occupied Hagenau and Drusenheim.

In 1945, in the course of Operation Undertone, American troops advanced over the Moder to the Rhine.

  • Arm of the Moder river, which partially flows through the center of Haguenau underground, below the fishing gate

  • Main arm of the Moder, which flows around Haguenau to the north, at the Weissenburger Tor

  • Mud estuary on the Rhine below the Iffezheim barrage

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographic maps of the Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN)