Fecht (river)

The Fecht is a river in the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France. Its source is located between the Lauchenkopf and the. It rises in the Vosges Mountains near Metzeral and joins the river Ill (a tributary of the Rhine) at Illhaeusern, north of Colmar, after a course of 49 km. It flows through Munster and Turckheim. Its longest tributaries are the Weiss and the Strengbach.