Meurthe (river)
The Meurthe in Saint- Dié
The Meurthe ( Murta celtic, old - German: Mörta, German Mörthe ) is a river in France, which runs in the Lorraine region. It is with a mean discharge of 40 m³ / s, the third largest tributary of the Moselle River.
Geography
The source of the Meurthe is located in the Vosges mountains in the north of the Hohneckmassivs close to the western saddle of the Col de la gorge and at the ( municipality of Le Valtin ). It follows the first large Längstalung west of the Vosges mountains main ridge with the route of the Crètes to the northeast and then generally flows in a northwesterly direction through the Lorraine cuesta. After 160 kilometers, it flows north of Nancy in gueule d' Enfer ( municipal boundary between Frouard and Custine ) as a right tributary of the Moselle. The Mosel swings here abruptly to the flow direction of the Meurthe. The Meurthe was once the upper reaches of the River Moselle up to the time when these upper Maas distracted during the Saale ice age about 250,000 years ago and made it her own today's headwaters. Between Dombasle -sur -Meurthe and the mouth of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin accompanied the river. The catchment area covers the middle third of the Vosges - eastern slopes and stretches over 3085 km ². On their way the Meurthe crosses the departments of Vosges and Meurthe -et -Moselle.
Cultural History
Until the 19th century the Meurthe served from Raon- l'Étape of rafting. The nearest customer for the wood was the crystal glassworks of Baccarat, sometimes the strains were also delivered in on the waterway to Metz and Thionville. After the river was named the former French Département Meurthe, which has risen in today's department of Meurthe -et -Moselle.
Places on the river
- Le Valtin
- Fraize ( German Freß )
- Saint- Dié -des-Vosges ( German Sankt Diedeln or Saint Didel )
- Raon- l'Étape ( German Raon at Inch)
- Baccarat ( German castle Amberg )
- Luneville ( German Lünestadt )
- Dombasle -sur -Meurthe ( German: Dombasel at the Mörthe )
- Nancy ( German: Nancy )