Red Saar

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Red Saar
Source of the Red Saar, May 2008

Source of the Red Saar, May 2008

Data
River system Rhine
Drain over Saar  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at Abreschviller
48 ° 32 ′ 4 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 3 ″  E
muzzle at Hermelange coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 45 ″  E 48 ° 40 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 45 ″  E
Mouth height 785  m above sea level NHN


The Rote Saar (French la Sarre rouge ) rises on the Hohe Donne (French Donon ) in the Alsatian Vosges. The source is located at Abreschviller near the D44 road at an altitude of about 785  m .

on the Donon
at Abreschviller, 2013

It flows through the following municipalities: Saint-Quirin , Abreschviller , Vasperviller , Métairies-Saint-Quirin , Nitting , Lorquin and Hermelange , all in the Moselle department .

It unites to 26.8 km flow distance at Hermelange , south of Sarrebourg , to about 262  m level with the whites Saar to the Saarland .

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