Bruche Canal
The Canal de la Bruche is a canal in eastern France that originally connected Soultz-les-Bains, near Molsheim, to the city of Strasbourg. It was built in 1682 by the famous military engineer Vauban, principally to transport sandstone from the quarries of Soultz for use in the construction of the fortifications of Strasbourg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Bas-Rhin, France
- Also known as: “Canal de la Bruche”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Amand à Wolxheim and Église Saint-Maurice.
Église Saint-Maurice
Church
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Église Saint-Maurice is the parish church of the village of Soultz-les-Bains, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It should not be confused with Église Saint-Maurice of Soultz-Haut-Rhin, in the neighbouring Haut-Rhin department.
Chapelle Saint-Ulrich d’Avolsheim
Church
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Chapelle Saint-Ulrich d’Avolsheim is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molsheim and Dorlisheim.
Molsheim
Town
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Molsheim is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The total population in 2017 was 9,312. Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,335 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since. Molsheim is situated 3 km south of Bruche Canal.
Dorlisheim
Village
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Dorlisheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Dorlisheim is situated 5 km south of Bruche Canal.
Altorf
Village
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Altorf is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom. Altorf is situated 6 km southeast of Bruche Canal.
Bruche Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Armenian—“Bruche Canal” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Бруш”
- Belarusian: “канал Бруш”
- Catalan: “canal de la Bruche”
- Cebuano: “Canal de la Bruche”
- Chinese: “布吕什运河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة بروش”
- French: “canal de la Bruche”
- French: “Canal de la Bruche”
- Western Armenian: “Պրիւշ ջրանցք”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Soultz-les-Bains and Avolsheim.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abbaye de Notre-Dame d’Altbronn and Château de Turckheim.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bruche Canal”. Photo: Albert Gr., CC BY-SA 4.0.