Moselle River
The Moselle is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Western Europe
- Also known as: “Mosel”, “Mosel River”, “Mosella River”, and “Moselle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deutsches Eck and Basilica of Saint Castor.
Deutsches Eck
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Deutsches Eck is the name of a promontory in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine. Named after a local commandry of the Teutonic Order, it became known for a monumental equestrian statue of William I, first German Emperor, dedicated in 1897 in appreciation of his role in the unification of Germany.
Basilica of Saint Castor
Church
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Basilica of Saint Castor is the oldest church in Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate. It is located near Deutsches Eck at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koblenz-Altstadt and Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein.
Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein
Suburb
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein is a suburb.
Koblenz
Photo: Pedelecs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koblenz is a city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in the Middle Rhine Valley in the Federal Republic of Germany. Koblenz has about 114,000 inhabitants; the surrounding area accounts for about 400,000 people in total.
Moselle River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Moselle River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Moesel”
- Amharic: “ሞዘል ወንዝ”
- Arabic: “موزيل”
- Armenian: “Մոզել”
- Asturian: “Ríu Mosela”
- Azerbaijani: “Mozel”
- Basque: “Mosela”
- Bavarian: “Mosel”
- Bavarian: “Mosl”
- Belarusian: “Мозель (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Мозель”
- Belarusian: “Мозэль”
- Belarusian: “рака Мозель”
- Bengali: “মোজেল নদী”
- Breton: “Moselle”
- Bulgarian: “Мозел”
- Catalan: “Mosel·la”
- Cebuano: “Moselle River”
- Chinese: “摩澤爾河”
- Chinese: “莫澤河”
- Chuvash: “Мозель”
- Croatian: “Mosel”
- Croatian: “Moselle”
- Czech: “Mosela”
- Danish: “Mosel”
- Dimli (individual language): “Moselle”
- Dimli (individual language): “Roê Moselle”
- Dutch: “Moezel (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Moezel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موزيل”
- Esperanto: “Mozelo”
- Estonian: “Mosel”
- Estonian: “Moseli jõgi”
- Finnish: “Mosel”
- French: “La Moselle Rivière”
- French: “La Moselle”
- French: “Moselle”
- Galician: “Río Mosela”
- Georgian: “მოზელი”
- German: “Mosel”
- Greek: “Μοζέλλας”
- Hebrew: “מוזל”
- Hungarian: “Mosel”
- Icelandic: “Mósel”
- Igbo: “Mosel”
- Igbo: “Moselle river”
- Igbo: “Moselle”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Moselle”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Moselle”
- Interlingua: “Mosella”
- Interlingue: “Mosel”
- Irish: “Moselle”
- Italian: “Mosella”
- Japanese: “モーゼル川”
- Kölsch: “Mosel”
- Korean: “모젤강”
- Latin: “Mosella”
- Latvian: “Mozele”
- Lithuanian: “Mozelis”
- Lombard: “Mosella”
- Low German: “Mosel”
- Luxembourgish: “Musel”
- Macedonian: “Мозел”
- Malagasy: “Mosel”
- Mazanderani: “موزل روخنه”
- Moroccan Arabic: “موزيل”
- Northern Frisian: “Mosel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosel”
- Norwegian: “Mosel”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mosèla”
- Persian: “موزل”
- Polish: “Mozela”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mosela”
- Romanian: “Râul Mosela”
- Russian: “Мозель”
- Rusyn: “Мозель”
- Saterfriesisch: “Mosel”
- Scots: “Moselle”
- Serbian: “Мозел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mozel”
- Slovak: “Mosela”
- Slovenian: “Mozela”
- South Azerbaijani: “موزل چایی”
- Spanish: “Mosel”
- Spanish: “Mosela”
- Spanish: “Moselle”
- Spanish: “rio Mosela”
- Spanish: “río Mosela”
- Spanish: “Río Mosela”
- Swedish: “Mosel”
- Swiss German: “Mosel”
- Tamil: “மோசெல் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำมอแซล”
- Tosk Albanian: “Mosel”
- Turkish: “Moselle Nehri”
- Turkish: “Moselle”
- Udmurt: “Мозель”
- Ukrainian: “Мозель”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mosela”
- Urdu: “موزیل”
- Venetian: “Moxeła”
- Vietnamese: “Mosel”
- Vlaams: “Moezel”
- Welsh: “Afon Moselle”
- Western Frisian: “Mûzel (Ryn)”
- Western Frisian: “Mûzel”
- Wu Chinese: “摩泽尔河”
- Yue Chinese: “莫澤河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Deutsches Eck and Koblenz-Lützel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Florinskirche and Mittelrhein-Museum.
Germany: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and Frankfurt.
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