Aar

The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within . Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about 295 kilometres, during which distance…
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Switzerland and tributary of the Rhine
  • Also known as: Aare” and “Aare Fluss

Places of Interest

Highlights include Koblenz railway station and Reformierte Kirche Koblenz.

Railway station
is a railway station in the canton of Aargau and . The station is located at junction of the Turgi to Waldshut railway line with the Winterthur to Koblenz line and the freight only Koblenz to Stein-Säckingen line.

Bridge
The is a single-track railway bridge on the Turgi–Koblenz–Waldshut railway, between and , crossing the Rhine and the border between Germany and Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koblenz and Gippingen.

Village
is a town and municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of in .

Village
is a village.

Town
is a town.

Aar

Latitude
47.60559° or 47° 36′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.22334° or 8° 13′ 24″ east
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
Open location code
8FVCJ64F+68
Geo­Names ID
2661878
Wiki­data ID
Q1675
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Aar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: آر
  • Arabic: نهر آر
  • Armenian: Աարե
  • Arpitan: Âra
  • Asturian: Aare
  • Azerbaijani: Aare
  • Azerbaijani: Are
  • Balinese: Tukad Aare
  • Basque: Aar
  • Belarusian: Аарэ
  • Bosnian: Aare
  • Breton: Aar
  • Bulgarian: Аар
  • Catalan: Aar
  • Cebuano: Aare
  • Cebuano: Hagneck Kanal
  • Chinese: 阿勒河
  • Chuvash: Ааре
  • Corsican: Aare
  • Croatian: Aare
  • Czech: Aara
  • Danish: Aare
  • Dutch: Aare
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر آر
  • Esperanto: Aro
  • Estonian: Aare jõgi
  • Finnish: Aare
  • French: Aar
  • Galician: Río Aar
  • Georgian: აარე
  • German: Aare
  • Greek: Άαρ
  • Hebrew: ארה
  • Hungarian: Aare
  • Indonesian: Sungai Aare
  • Irish: Aar
  • Irish: Aare
  • Italian: Aar
  • Japanese: アーレ川
  • Kazakh: Ааре
  • Korean: 아레강
  • Ladin: Aare
  • Latin: Abrinca
  • Latvian: Āre
  • Lithuanian: Arė
  • Lombard: Aar
  • Luxembourgish: Aare
  • Macedonian: Аре
  • Mazanderani: آره روخنه
  • Minangkabau: Sungai Aare
  • Mingrelian: აარე
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aare
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aare
  • Norwegian: Aare
  • Occitan (post 1500): Aar
  • Pennsylvania German: Aare Rewwer
  • Persian: آر
  • Persian: آره
  • Polish: Aare
  • Portuguese: Rio Aar
  • Pushto: آری سیند
  • Romanian: Aare
  • Romansh: Aara
  • Russian: Ааре” (historical)
  • Russian: Аре
  • Russian: река Ааре” (historical)
  • Russian: река Аре
  • Serbian: Ар (река)
  • Serbian: Ар
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aare
  • Sicilian: Aar
  • Slovak: Aare
  • Slovenian: Aare
  • Spanish: rio Aar
  • Spanish: río Aar
  • Spanish: Río Aar
  • Swedish: Aare
  • Swiss German: Aare
  • Tamil: ஆர் ஆறு
  • Tamil: ஆர்
  • Thai: แม่น้ำอาเรอ
  • Tosk Albanian: Aare
  • Turkish: Aare
  • Ukrainian: Ааре
  • Venetian: Fiume Aar
  • Vlaams: Aare
  • Welsh: Afon Aare
  • Wu Chinese: 阿勒河

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Highlights include Giriz and Koblenz Dorf railway station.

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