List of old waterbodies of the Rhine


This list of old waterbodies of the Rhine contains a selection of ox-bow lakes and meanders of the River Rhine which go under various names that mean Old Rhine or Old Arm : Alter Rhein, Altrhein, Altrheinarm, Altrheinzug, [|Altarm], [|Rheinaltarm] or Restrhein. Artificially created waterbodies, such as quarry ponds; e. g. the [|Altrheinsee], which may be confused with old branches of the Rhine are mentioned in the section Waterbodies linked to the Rhine''.
and Speyer ; both in Rhineland-Palatinate with Baden-Württemberg
As a result of natural translocation, the ox-bows and meanders of the Rhine riverbed remain as side arms of the New Rhine ; others were cut off as a result of artificial river canalisation, such as in the wake of the canalisation of the Rhine from 1817 under the direction of Johann Gottfried Tulla. These old waters, together with the New Rhine, circumscribe islands or peninsulas. The old river courses have mostly lost their water-bearing link to the New Rhine. Many lie within nature reserves, offer breeding sites for water birds or act as washlands during flooding. Sometimes they are used by canoeists or anglers.

Old Rhine waterbodies

Locating old Rhine waterbodies in the list:
Some names of old Rhine waterbodies include the name of a nearby town or village; others do not. In order to make it easy to find in every case, the nearby settlement is usually written in alphabetical order and italics before each waterbody name as a means of locating it. Next, the coordinates of the waterbody and its position on the Rhine follow, then comes either the waterbody name itself in normal lettering, as well as other names of the waterbody in italics. Or there may just be a reference to the name of another place name behind the town name, under which the river is listed in italics.

Altarm

see alsoRheinaltarm
Altarm , between Bad Honnef and the Rhine island of Grafenwerth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
near Auenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg:
in the canton of St. Gallen and in the state of Vorarlberg – old arms of the Alpine Rhine:
in Germany:
see below → near Rheinberg
see below → near Xanten

Altrhein

numerous old Rhine waterbodies:
see below → near Speyer
see below → near Neuhofen
see below → near Ginsheim
Auer Altrhein, near Au am Rhein, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
see also → near Auer old arms of the Rhine
see below → near Urdenbach
[|Berghäuser Altrhein], near Berghausen, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
see below → near Rees
see below → near Xanten
see below → Altrhein or Restrhein
see below → near Karlsruhe
see below → near Rees
near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg:
see below → Eicher See and below → near Gimbsheim
near Elchesheim-Illingen, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg:
see also → near Steinmauern
see below → near Rees
see below → near Stockstadt/Erfelden
see below → near Rees
Flürener Altrhein, near Flüren, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
Gimbsheimer Altrhein ', between Eich and Gimbsheim, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
see also → Altrheinsee and → Eicher See
  • bei Ginsheim:
Ginsheimer Altrhein, near Ginsheim-Gustavsburg and near Astheim, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Hessen
  • near Giriz;
see below → near Giriz
  • bei Grauelsbaum:
nahe Grauelsbaum, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg :
see also → near Greffern
  • * Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel
  • * Altrheinzug
  • near Gernsheim;
see below → near Groß-Rohrheim
  • bei Greffern:
nahe Greffern, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg :
see also → near Grauelsbaum
see below → near Kleve
Hammerauer Altrhein, in the reserve of Hammer Aue von Gernsheim und Groß-Rohrheim, near Groß-Rohrheim and Gernsheim, Bergstraße, Hesse
near/nahe Hagenbach, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate:
Altrhein Haderaue, near Heidesheim am Rhein, county of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate
see above → near Gimbsheim
see below → near Lampertheim
see below → near Diersheim: Steinwert-Hot 2
near Hügelsheim, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg:
Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge, near Meerbusch, Strümp and Ilverich, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia
near Jockgrim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate;
see also → near Wörth am Rhein
im Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg :
see also → Knielinger See
see below → Knielinger See
see below → near Kleve
  • near Ketsch:
Ketscher Altrhein, near Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • near Kleve:
near Kleve, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia:
  • * Kellener Altrhein, near Kellen
  • * Griethauser Altrhein, near Griethausen
  • near Klein-Rohrheim;
see above → near Groß-Rohrheim
Lingenfelder Altrhein, near Lingenfeld, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
Altrhein Insel Rott, by the island of Rott, near Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
see below → near Roxheim
im Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg:
Altrhein Märkt, near Märkt, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg;
see also → Altrhein or Restrhein
  • near Marlen:
near Marlen, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg:
  • * Altrhein Fischerkopf
  • * Altrhein Saurheinkopf
  • near Maxau;
see below → Knielinger See
  • near Maximiliansau;
see above → near Hagenbach and below → near Wörth am Rhein
  • near Mechtersheim:
Mechtersheimer Altrhein, near Mechtersheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • near Meerbusch;
see above → near Ilverich
see below → near Roxheim
  • near Neuhofen:
Neuhofener Altrhein
', between Altrip and Neuhofen, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
see above → near Leimersheim
see above → near Karlsruhe
see above → near Lampertheim
see below → near Philippsburg
see below → near Roxheim
see below → near Rheinberg
Altrhein Lech, near Ottenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
near Otterstadt, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate :
see also → near Speyer
Philippsburger Altrhein, near Philippsburg, county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
near Plittersdorf, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg :
see below → near Rees
near Rees and Emmerich am Rhein, Kreis Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia:
see below → near Diersheim: Steinwert-Hot 2 , below → near Freistett, below → near Helmlingen and above → near Honau
Rheinberger Altrhein ', near Rheinberg and Ossenberg, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • near Rheinhausen;
see above → near Philippsburg
  • near Rheinsheim;
see above → near Philippsburg
see below → near Riburg
  • bei Roxheim:
Roxheimer Altrhein, from Mutterstadt inter alia through Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate:
see also → Silbersee
  • * Hinterer Roxheimer Altrhein, near Roxheim
  • * Vorderer Roxheimer Altrhein, near Roxheim
  • near Rüdlingen;
see below → near Rüdlingen
  • near Rußheim:
Rußheimer Altrhein, am Elisabethenwörth, with Alter Minthesee, near Rußheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
  • near Sasbach:
Sasbacher Altrhein, near Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, county of Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • near Scherzheim:
Altrhein , near Scherzheim, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg
  • near Sondernheim:
Michelsbach , near Sondernheim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • bei Speyer:
Altlußheimer Altrhein, in the Speyerer Auwald, kreisfreie Stadt Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate; gegenüber vom baden-württembergischen Altlußheim;
see also → near Otterstadt and below → [|Runkedebunk]
  • bei Steinmauern:
see below → Goldkanal and see also → near Elchesheim-Illingen
  • bei Stockstadt/Erfelden:
Stockstadt-Erfelder Altrhein, in the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve, near Stockstadt and Erfelden, Groß-Gerau, Hesse
  • near Strümp;
see above → near Ilverich
see below → near Tiengen
  • bei Urdenbach:
Urdenbacher Altrhein, near Baumberg and Urdenbach, Kreis Mettmann and kreisfreie Stadt Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • near Waldsee;
see above → near Otterstadt
  • near Wintersdorf:
Altrhein Wintersdorf, Rheinniederung Canal, near Wintersdorf, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg
  • bei Wörth am Rhein:
Wörther Altrhein, near Wörth am Rhein, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate;
see also → near Jockgrim
  • bei Xanten:
Xantener Altrhein
', near Birten and Xanten, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia

Altrheinarm

see also → near Au am Rhein
see above → near Grauelsbaum
see above → near Plittersdorf
see also → near Freistett
Section of the River Rhine called the Altrhein or Restrhein parallel to the 52.7-kilometre-long Grand Canal d'Alsace, between the Stauwehr Märkt and Village-Neuf and the Kulturwehr Breisach and Volgelsheim running as a border river;
see also → near Märkt

Altrheinschlinge

see above → near Ilverich

Altrheinzug

see above → near Grauelsbaum
see above → near Hügelsheim
see above → Altrhein or Restrhein

Rheinaltarm

see also → Altarm
Rheinaltarm Giriz, near Koblenz AG, canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Rheinaltarm Riburg, near Riburg, canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Rheinaltarm Rüdlingen, near Rüdlingen, canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Rheinaltarm Tiengen, near Tiengen, county of Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg

Special old Rhine waterbodies

Waterbodies that are not called e.g. Alter Rhein or Altrhein, but are nevertheless old arms of the Rhine are:
near Freistett, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg :
see also → Altrheinarm
near Helmlingen, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg :
see also → near Speyer

Waterbodies linked to the Rhine

These are artificially created waterbodies alongside the Rhine, which are neither old arms nor tributaries of the Rhine, but which could be confused with such and are directly or indirectly linked to the Rhine. :


see also → near Gimbsheim

see also → near Elchesheim-Illingen

see also → near Karlsruhe

see also → near Roxheim