What is "sauer"

The Sauer ( German, Luxembourgish) or Sûre ( French) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the river Moselle, its total length is .

Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer flows eastwards and crosses the border with Luxembourg near Martelange. It forms the border between Belgium and Luxembourg for north of Martelange. West of Esch-sur-Sûre it flows into an artificial lake, the Upper Sûre Lake created by the Esch-sur-Sûre Dam, which gives its (French) name to the Luxembourgian commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. After flowing through Ettelbruck and Diekirch, the Sauer forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany for the last of its course, passing Echternach before emptying into the Moselle in Wasserbillig. The rivers Wiltz, Alzette, White Ernz, Black Ernz, Our, and Prüm are tributaries.

The Sauer is a river in France ( Alsace) and Germany ( Rhineland-Palatinate). A left tributary of the river Rhine, its total length is about . Its upper course, in Germany, is called Saarbach. Its source is in the Palatinate forest, near the French border, south of Pirmasens. It flows into France near Schœnau, and continues through Wœrth and north of Haguenau. It flows into the Rhine in Seltz, opposite the mouth of the Murg.

Sauer is a German surname. Notable people with this surname (or Sauers) include:

The Sauer is a tributary river to the Moselle, flowing through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

Sauer may also refer to:

• Sauer (France), river in France
• Sauer (surname)
• Sauer & Sohn (founded 1751), a German firearms manufacturer
• Sauer Castle, an architecturally significant house in Kansas City, Kansas (US)
• Sauer Commission (created 1947), a South African study of segregation policies
• C. F. Sauer Company (founded 1887), a cooking products manufacturer
• Sauer-Danfoss (founded 2000), a multinational manufacturer of fluid control equipment
• SIG Sauer, US arm of Swiss manufacturing firm Swiss Arms AG
• Emil von Sauer, 1862–1942, German composer
• Paul Sauer Bridge, a highway bridge in South Africa
• Cube 2: Sauerbraten, a popular on-line game
• Sauer Van used to gas Jewish prisoners from Semlin concentration camp.

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