Sauer
For the river in France see Sauer (France).
The
Sauer (
German,
Luxembourgish) or
Sûre (
French) is a river in
Belgium,
Luxembourg and
Germany. A tributary of the River
Moselle, its total length is 173 km.
Rising near
Vaux-sur-Sûre in the
Ardennes in south-eastern Belgium, the Sauer flows eastwards and crosses the border with Luxembourg near
Martelange. West of
Esch-sur-Sûre it flows into an artificial lake, the
Lac de la Haute Sûre. After flowing through
Ettelbrück and
Diekirch, the Sauer forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany for the last 50 km of its course, passing
Echternach before emptying into the Moselle at
Wasserbillig. The rivers
Wiltz,
Alzette,
Our, and
Prüm are tributaries.
*
The Obersauer Nature Park
