Modau
The Modau is a 44-kilometre-long right tributary of the river Rhine running through the German state of Hesse. Historically, there have been many watermills on the river and its tributaries, giving rise to the name Mühltal, a district through which the river flows.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue and Riedstadt-Goddelau station.
Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue
Nature reserve
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Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue is a Naturschutzgebiet of European standard, located in the Groß-Gerau district, Germany. It is the largest nature reserve in Hesse, part of the Hessian Ried between the river Rhine and the Hessische Bergstraße. Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue is situated 2½ km west of Modau.
Riedstadt-Goddelau station
Railway station
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Riedstadt-Goddelau station, along with Riedstadt Wolfskehlen station, serves the town of Riedstadt in the south of the German state of Hesse on the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway and the Darmstadt–Worms railway. Riedstadt-Goddelau station is situated 3 km northeast of Modau.
Evangelische Kirche Goddelau
Church
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Evangelische Kirche Goddelau is a church, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Modau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gimbsheim and Eich.
Gimbsheim
Village
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Gimbsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gimbsheim is situated 8 km southwest of Modau.
Eich
Village
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Eich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eich is situated 8 km southwest of Modau.
Ludwigshöhe
Village
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Ludwigshöhe is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz. Ludwigshöhe is situated 9 km west of Modau.
Modau
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Hesse in Germany
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Modau” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Modau”
- Catalan: “Modau”
- Cebuano: “Modau”
- Chinese: “莫道河”
- Chuvash: “Модау”
- Danish: “Modau”
- Dutch: “Modau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موداو”
- Esperanto: “Modau”
- French: “Modau”
- German: “Modau”
- Irish: “Modau”
- Macedonian: “Модау”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Modau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Modau”
- Norwegian: “Modau”
- Russian: “Модау”
- Venetian: “Fiume Modau”
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