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unusual facts about Moselle River



6th SS Mountain Division Nord

The Division remained on the western front after the Nordwind offensive, fighting the Americans around Trier and Koblenz on the Moselle River in March before going into 7th Army's reserve in April.

Contz-les-Bains

The commune is located in the Pays de Sierck at the confluence of the Sauer (known in French as the Sûre) and the Moselle, which form the borders with Luxembourg and Germany.

County of Beilstein

The Lordship of Winneburg and Beilstein was a state of the Holy Roman Empire situated on the Moselle River around Winneburg Castle near Cochem.

Johannes Trithemius

The byname Trithemius refers to his native town of Trittenheim on the Moselle River, at the time part of the Electorate of Trier.

Moselle, Missouri

The community was incorporated as a town in 1860 (having since being disincorporated) and is named after the Moselle River or Moselle département in France.

Operation Lumberjack

If successful, Lumberjack would capture Cologne, secure the Koblenz sector, and bring the 12th Army Group to the Rhine in the entire area north of the Moselle River.

William D. McGee

A medical aid man, he made a night crossing of the Moselle River with troops endeavoring to capture the town of Mulheim.


see also

Ausbausprache, Abstandsprache and Dachsprache

This applies for instance to Luxembourgish vis-a-vis German (the vernaculars in Luxembourg are varieties of Moselle Franconian, which is also spoken in the German sections of the Moselle River valley and neighbouring French département of Moselle).

Perl, Saarland

It is joined by a bridge across the Moselle River with Schengen in Luxembourg and by a second bridge between Nennig and Remich.

Schengen

Schengen, Luxembourg, the Luxembourgish village and commune nearest to where the Schengen Agreement was signed on a river-boat in the Moselle River