The Blies () is a right tributary of the
Saar
Saar or SAAR has several meanings:
People Given name
* Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player
* Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist
* Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor
Surname
* Ain Saar (born 1968), E ...
in southwestern
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
(
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, a ...
) and northeastern
France
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(
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A ...
). The Blies flows from three springs in the
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced mountain range, upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle (river), Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued ...
near
Selbach, Germany. It is roughly 100 km long, ending in the French city of
Sarreguemines
Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' , Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As of ...
. It flows through
Sankt Wendel,
Ottweiler,
Neunkirchen,
Bexbach
Bexbach () is a town in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approximatively 6 km east of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken. The Saarländisches Bergbaumuseum (Saarland Mining ...
,
Homburg and
Blieskastel
Blieskastel () is a city in the Saarpfalz (Saar-Palatinate) district, in Saarland, Germany which is divided into villages. It is situated on the river Blies, approximately southwest of Homburg (Saar), west of Zweibrücken, and east of Saarbrü ...
(Blieskastel being named after the river). Its lower extent demarcates part of the Franco–German border. The section within France and on the French-German border is long.
Tributaries
Tributaries of the Blies are, from source to mouth:
*
Todbach
Todbach is a river of Saarland, Germany. It flows into the Blies in Sankt Wendel.
See also
*List of rivers of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany:
B
* Bickenalb
* Bist
* Blies
* Bos
E
* Ellbach
* Erbach
F
* Franzenbach
G
* Gai ...
(left)
*
Oster
Oster ( uk, Осте́р ; russian: Остёр, Ostyor) is a city located where the Oster River flows into the Desna, in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas ...
(left)
*
Mutterbach (right)
*
Erbach Erbach may refer to:
Places
*Erbach im Odenwald, a town in Hesse, Germany
*Erbach an der Donau, a town on the Danube River in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
* Erbach, Rheingau, a district of Eltville, Hesse, Germany
* Erbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, a m ...
(left)
*
Lambsbach (left)
*
Schwarzbach (left)
*
Würzbach
Würzbach is a river of Saarland, Germany. It flows into the Blies in Blieskastel.
See also
*List of rivers of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany:
B
* Bickenalb
* Bist
* Blies
* Bos
E
* Ellbach
* Erbach
F
* Franzenbach
G
* Ga ...
(right)
*
Hetschenbach
Hetschenbach is a river of Saarland, Germany. It flows into the Blies in Gersheim.
See also
*List of rivers of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany:
B
* Bickenalb
* Bist
* Blies
* Bos
E
* Ellbach
* Erbach
F
* Franzenbach
G
* Ga ...
(left)
*
Gailbach (left)
*
Mandelbach (right)
World War II
Fighting took place on the Blies during the
Lorraine Campaign, fought from September to December 1944 by the
Third United States Army
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
, famously led by
George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France ...
. The
35th Infantry Division fought along the Blies following its battle at
Sarreguemines
Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' , Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As of ...
in early December, the former part of the larger assault on the
West Wall
The Western Wall ( he, הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi, the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ...
.
See also
*
Blies-Ébersing
Blies-Ébersing (; german: Bliesebersingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle d ...
(Fr)
*
Blies-Schweyen (Fr)
*
Blies-Guersviller
Blies-Guersviller (german: Bliesgersweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle de ...
(Fr)
*
List of rivers of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany:
B
* Bickenalb
* Bist
* Blies
* Bos
E
* Ellbach
* Erbach
F
* Franzenbach
G
* Gailbach
* Glan
H
* Hetschenbach
* Holzbach
I
* Ill
K
* Köllerbach
L
* Lambsbach
* Leukbach
* Löster
M
* Mandelbach
*Mose ...
References
External links
Rivers of France
Rivers of Saarland
International rivers of Europe
France–Germany border
Neunkirchen, Saarland
Rivers of Grand Est
Rivers of Moselle (department)
Rivers of Germany
Border rivers
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