Schneckenbusch – ''Schneggebesch'' in
Rhine Franconian and
Alemannic Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to:
* Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers
* Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period
* Alamanni (surna ...
– is a
commune in the
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 bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
department
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Government and military
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in
Grand Est in north-eastern
France. The word Schneckenbusch is German for "snails bush".
Geography
Schneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of
Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the
Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.
The commune is situated at 47 miles from
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, 50 miles from
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
, 56 miles from
Nancy and 78 miles from
Metz.
See also
*
Communes of the Moselle department
References
External links
*
Communes of Moselle (department)
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