Right bank of the Rhine

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Mainz on the left bank of the Rhine in the foreground and Mainz-Amöneburg on the right bank of the Rhine belonging to Wiesbaden on the other bank of the Rhine

Right bank of the Rhine is a fixed geographical location designation for those areas in Germany that are located on the right bank of the Rhine in the direction of the current . Since the Rhine flows in a general north direction, areas east of the Rhine are meant. The term can be proven for the section of the river in which the left bank of the Rhine also belongs to Germany. Districts of Cologne , Bonn (there the urban areas on the right bank of the Rhine are also referred to as Schäl Sick ) and Mainz are referred to as being on the right bank of the Rhine, see also the city ​​districts of Mainz on the right bank of the Rhine . The cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf also have districts on both sides of the Rhine.

The area on the left bank of the Rhine is referred to as left bank of the Rhine , from the French point of view as Cisrhenan ("this side of the Rhine"), see Cisrhenan Republic . The right bank area lies of France from transrhenanisch ( "beyond the Rhine").

The two railway lines on the banks of the Middle Rhine are called the Right Rhine Line and Left Rhine Line in this sense .

history

The terms “right bank of the Rhine” and “left bank of the Rhine” have been documented since the left bank of the Rhine fell to France in 1794, and the river became the state border. For example, an “Avertissement des General Moreau ” has been handed down from 1796 , in which he describes the “ right bank of the Rhine ” . To want to treat Scheyn'schen Land as neutral promises ". The Rhine Islands were also assigned to the two sides, since in the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 the fairway for ships traveling downstream was defined as the border of France. The islands on the left of the fairway on the left bank of the Rhine belonged to France, the other islands on the right bank of the Rhine belonged to Germany. For more information, see the Königsklinger Aue .

The term right bank of the Rhine is also proven by the establishment of the Railway Directorate Cöln right bank of the Prussian State Railways on April 1, 1880. The counterword left bank of the Rhine also appears in the text of the treaty on the Armistice of Compiègne of November 11, 1918.

Application examples

  • Gymnastics and Sports Club 1874 Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine e. V.
  • DRK readiness Bonn on the right bank of the Rhine
  • Rheinhöhenweg on the right bank of the Rhine

Web links

Wiktionary: on the right bank of the Rhine  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Avertissement of General Moreau, in which he describes the bishops on the right bank of the Rhine. It promises to treat Scheyn'schen Land as neutral
  2. ^ Original text of the Compiègne Treaty in German.