Alzette

The Alzette at the mouth of Petruss in Luxembourg (city)

Confluence of the Alzette ( left) in the Sauer ( right)

The Alzette ( Luxembourgish: Uelzecht; outdated High German name: Alzig or in Goethe: Elze ) is a 73 km long tributary of the Sauer in France and Luxembourg.

It originates in France near the town of Thil in the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle, from there flows to the north and runs through the south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( the Gutland ) from south to north. It flows including by Esch and Hesperingen in a spacious pool and through the capital city of Luxembourg in a narrow valley with the districts of reason and Pfaffenthal. The modern bridge over the river there is the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge.

North of the capital to Walferdingen ( Walfer, Walferdange ) and Luerenzweiler the valley a little wider, but its slopes is higher. In Mersch, where open out of the west, the Mamer and Eisch, it will close again. In Colmar-Berg also joins from the west, the Attert. About 3 km further on is the Alzette at Ettelbrück to the sour.

The Alzette is sung in the Luxembourg national anthem. Along the Alzette lead the long-distance cycle PC 1 and PC 15 as part of the National Cycling trails in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Inflows

  • Beler (left)
  • Dipbech (left), 2.6 km
  • Kiemelbach (left), 7.8 km
  • Measurement (left), 13.7 km
  • Kaelbach (right), 8.1 km
  • Mierbech (left), 5.2 km
  • Didelengerbach (right), 7.5 km
  • Bibeschbach (left), 5.4 km
  • Crauthemergruef (right), 2.9 km
  • Doulemerbaach (left)
  • Izegerbaach (right)
  • Drosbech (left), 8.6 km
  • Huerbaach (right)
  • Petruss (left), 12.8 km
  • Klengel Bach ( left), 1.5 km
  • Wäissbaach (right)
  • Kaylbaach (left)
  • Mille Bach ( left)
  • Kaasselterbach (right), 4.5 km
  • Rollengerbaach (right)
  • Bierschbach (right), 4.3 km
  • Mamer (left), 25.6 km
  • Eisch (left), 49.6 km
  • Beer Passenger Bach ( right), 1.5 km
  • Weller Bach ( Wëllerbaach ) (left), 6.2 km
  • Rouschtbach (right), 1.8 km
  • Rouschtbach (left), 2.0 km
  • Schrondweilerbach (right) 4.4 km
  • Wäissefiertchen (right)
  • Metschbach (right), 2.9 km
  • Kalbach (right) 0.2 km
  • Attert (left), 30.5 km
  • Kiselbach (right), 3.3 km
  • Ousterbaach (left)
  • Deiwelbaach (left)
  • Haupeschbach (left), 3.4 km
  • Wark (left), 28.4 km
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