Alter Rhein
The Alter Rhein is the old river bed of the Alpine Rhine in St. Gallen and Vorarlberg in the Alpine Rhine Valley, which was cut off when the Rhine was straightened during the 20th century.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 392 metres (1,286 feet)
- …is also known as “Alter Rhein River”
- Description: river in Switzerland
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport and Wartegg Castle.
Wartegg Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altenrhein and Thal.
Thal
Village
Thal is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rorschach in the canton of St. Thal is situated 3½ km south of Alter Rhein.
Rheineck
Village
Alter Rhein
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Latitude
47.49992° or 47° 29′ 60″ north
Longitude
9.56137° or 9° 33′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FVFFHX6+XG
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Alter Rhein” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Alter Rhein”
- Catalan: “Alter Rhein”
- Cebuano: “Alter Rheinlauf”
- Dutch: “Alter Rhein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر التير رين”
- Esperanto: “Malnova Rejno”
- Finnish: “Alter Rhein”
- French: “Alter Rhein”
- German: “Alter Rhein (Fussacher Durchstich)”
- German: “Alter Rhein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alter Rhein”
- Persian: “آلتر راین”
- Swedish: “Alter Rheinlauf”
- Swiss German: “Alte Rhy (Fuessacher Durchstich)”
- Swiss German: “Alte Rhy”
- Swiss German: “Alter Rhein”
- Uzbek: “Alter Reyn”
- Venetian: “Fiume Alter Rhein”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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