Moselle

This page is about the river in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. For the river in England, see River Moselle (London).

The Moselle River (German: Mosel) is a river which flows through France and Luxembourg, then becomes part of the Rhine River after it flows into Germany. It is 545 kilometres (339 mi) long.

Moselle
Progression	Rhine→ North Sea
Length	545 km (339 mi)

Important cities at the Moselle river are Metz, Thionville, Trier, Bernkastel-Kues and Koblenz.

The valley of the Moselle river is famous for the wine of Elbling, Riesling, and Müller-Thurgau - grapes in the wine growing region Moselle-Saar-Ruwer.

Tributaries

From the left: Madon, Terrouin, Esch, Rupt de Mad, Orne, Fensch, Gander, Syre, Sauer, Kyll, Salm, Lieser, Alf, Endert, Brohlbach, Elz.

From the right: Moselotte, Vologne, Meurthe, Seille, Saar, Olewiger Bach, Avelsbach, Ruwer, Feller Bach, Dhron, Ahringsbach, Kautenbach, Lützbach, Flaumbach, Altlayer Bach, Baybach, Ehrbach.

Moselle Media

• Moselle Pont-a-Mousson.jpg

  La Moselle à Pont-à-Mousson

• Mosel Bei Konz vom Freilichtmuseum Roscheiderhof.png

  Moselle river in Konz (Germany) from the open air museum Roscheider Hof.

• Trier (Germany) Moselle River,Emperor Wilhelm brindge (left), roman bridge (right) and city center from the former Weisshaus-restaurant

• Moselle river near Cochem, Germany.JPG

  The Moselle near Cochem, Germany

• Beilstein (Mosel), 2012-08 CN-01.jpg

  This photograph was taken with a Nikon D3000

• LASB K Hellwig 0742.jpg

  Cours from Grevenmacher to Cochem 1705

• Cochem and Reichsburg.jpg

  The Moselle at Cochem, Germany

• Confluence of the Moselle (right) and Rhine (left) rivers at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz

• Mosel Einzugsgebiet.png

  MoselEinzugsgebiet

• Cochem-Hochwassermarken.JPG

  High water marks in the Old Town of Cochem

Other websites

• German page Archived 2021-08-17 at the Wayback Machine