Saar River

The Saar is a river in northeastern and western , and a right tributary of the . It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in France and Germany
  • Also known as: La Sarre Rivière”, “Saar”, and “Sarre

Places of Interest

Highlights include Igel Column and Konz.

The is a multi-storeyed Roman sandstone column in the municipality of , , , dated to c. 250 AD. The column is the burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, and was built by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Konz and Igel.

is a city in the district, in , . It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Saar and , approx.

Village
Photo: William Pars, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district, in , . is known for the , a 23 m high Roman decorated tomb. The Column is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Village
is a municipality in the district, in , .

Saar River

Latitude
49.7° or 49° 42′ north
Longitude
6.56667° or 6° 34′ east
Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)
Open location code
8FX8MHX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2842622
Wiki­data ID
Q153972
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Saar River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر السار
  • Armenian: Սաար
  • Asturian: Ríu Saar
  • Basque: Saar
  • Basque: Sarre ibaia
  • Basque: Sarre
  • Belarusian: Рака Саар
  • Belarusian: Саар
  • Bosnian: Saar
  • Bosnian: Sarre
  • Breton: Saar
  • Bulgarian: Заар
  • Bulgarian: Саар
  • Bulgarian: Сар
  • Catalan: Riu Saar
  • Catalan: Riu Sarre
  • Catalan: Saar
  • Cebuano: Saar River
  • Chinese: 萨尔河
  • Chinese: 薩爾河
  • Czech: Saar
  • Czech: Sára
  • Czech: Sarre
  • Danish: Saar
  • Dutch: Saar (rivier)
  • Dutch: Saar
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر السار
  • Esperanto: Saar
  • Esperanto: Saro
  • Estonian: Saari jõgi
  • Finnish: Saar
  • French: Sarre blanche
  • French: Sarre
  • Galician: Río Saar
  • German: Rote Saar
  • German: Saar
  • German: Saartal
  • German: Weiße Saar
  • Greek: Ζάαρ
  • Greek: Σάαρ
  • Hebrew: סאר (נהר)
  • Hebrew: סאר
  • Hungarian: Saar
  • Irish: Saar
  • Italian: Saar
  • Japanese: ザール川
  • Korean: 자르강
  • Latin: Saravus
  • Latvian: Zāra
  • Lithuanian: Saras
  • Luxembourgish: Saar
  • Macedonian: Сар
  • Mazanderani: زار روخنه
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Saar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sarre
  • Norwegian: Saar
  • Occitan (post 1500): Sarre
  • Persian: زار
  • Polish: Saar
  • Polish: Saara
  • Portuguese: Rio Saar
  • Portuguese: Rio Sarre
  • Romanian: Râul Saar
  • Romanian: Saar
  • Russian: Saar
  • Russian: Зар
  • Russian: Саар (река, приток Мозеля)
  • Russian: Саар
  • Serbian: Saar
  • Serbian: Sar
  • Serbian: Sarre
  • Serbian: Река Сар
  • Serbian: Сар
  • Spanish: rio Saar
  • Spanish: río Saar
  • Spanish: rio Sarre
  • Spanish: río Sarre
  • Spanish: Río Sarre
  • Spanish: Saar
  • Spanish: Saravus
  • Spanish: Sarre
  • Swedish: Saar
  • Swiss German: Saar
  • Tosk Albanian: Saar
  • Turkish: Saar Nehri
  • Udmurt: Саар
  • Ukrainian: Саар
  • Upper Sorbian: Saar
  • Venetian: Fiume Sarre
  • Vietnamese: Sông Saar
  • Welsh: Afon Saar
  • Western Frisian: Saar (rivier)
  • Western Frisian: Saar

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Konz and Reinig.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Konz Mitte and Kreuz Konz.

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