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 [of the Rhine]: 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.

As a result of natural translocation, the ox-bows and meanders of the Rhine riverbed remain as side arms of the New Rhine (Neurhein); others were cut off as a result of artificial river canalisation, such as in the wake of the canalisation of the Rhine (Rheinbegradigung) 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 (l/r = left/right) 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 also (below) → Rheinaltarm Altarm (Bad Honnef) (50.63967°N, 7.21806°W; r), between Bad Honnef and the Rhine island of Grafenwerth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia near Auenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg:
 * near Bad Honnef:
 * near Auenheim:
 * Altarm (Auenheim) (48.61728°N, 7.84294°W; r)
 * Altarm Sportplatz (48.61142°N, 7.82853°W; r)

Alter Rhein
in the canton of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria) – old arms of the Alpine Rhine: in Germany: see below → near Rheinberg see below → near Xanten
 * Alter Rhein (Diepoldsauer Durchstich) (47.37758°N, 9.67042°W; r), near Diepoldsau and Hohenems; formed by the Diepoldsauer Durchstich
 * Alter Rhein (Fußacher Durchstich) (47.47061°N, 9.60889°W; r), near St. Margrethen, Höchst, Rheineck, Gaißau and Altenrhein; formed by the Fußacher Durchstich
 * near Rheinberg;
 * near Xanten;

Altrhein
numerous old Rhine waterbodies: see below → near Speyer see below → near Neuhofen see below → near Ginsheim Auer Altrhein (48.96278°N, 8.24389°W; r), near Au am Rhein, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg; see also (below) → near Auer old arms of the Rhine see below → near Urdenbach Berghäuser Altrhein (49.28686°N, 8.433°W; l), 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 (below) → near Steinmauern see below → near Rees see below → near Stockstadt/Erfelden see below → near Rees Flürener Altrhein (51.66722°N, 6.54167°W; r), near Flüren (Wesel), Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia Gimbsheimer Altrhein (Eich-Gimbsheimer Altrhein) (49.75194°N, 8.3675°W; l), between Eich and Gimbsheim, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate see also (below) → Altrheinsee and (below) → Eicher See Ginsheimer Altrhein (49.95014°N, 8.35272°W; r), near Ginsheim-Gustavsburg and near Astheim (Trebur), Kreis Groß-Gerau, Hessen see below → near Giriz (Rheinaltarm) nahe Grauelsbaum (Lichtenau), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine) : see also (below) → near Greffern see below → near Groß-Rohrheim nahe Greffern (Rheinmünster), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine) : see also (above) → near Grauelsbaum see below → near Kleve Hammerauer Altrhein (49.73153°N, 8.45431°W; r), 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 (50.01972°N, 8.14361°W; l), 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 (Altrheinarm) near Hügelsheim, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg: Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge (51.27583°N, 6.66833°W; l), near Meerbusch, Strümp and Ilverich, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia near Jockgrim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate; see also (below) → near Wörth am Rhein im Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine): see also (below) → Knielinger See see below → Knielinger See see below → near Kleve Ketscher Altrhein (49.37528°N, 8.52631°W; r), near Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg near Kleve, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia: see above → near Groß-Rohrheim Lingenfelder Altrhein (49.25417°N, 8.36111°W; l), near Lingenfeld, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Altrhein Insel Rott (49.15083°N, 8.38222°W; r), 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 (47.62556°N, 7.57958°W; r; with Krebsbach), near Märkt (Weil am Rhein), Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg; see also (below) → Altrhein or Restrhein near Marlen (Kehl), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg: see below → Knielinger See see above → near Hagenbach and below → near Wörth am Rhein Mechtersheimer Altrhein (49.25667°N, 8.41667°W; l), near Mechtersheim (Römerberg), Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate see above → near Ilverich see below → near Roxheim Neuhofener Altrhein (Neuhöfer Altrhein) (49.42503°N, 8.45364°W; l), 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 (48.37972°N, 7.73778°W; r), near Ottenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg near Otterstadt, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate (looking down the Rhine) : see also (below) → near Speyer Philippsburger Altrhein (49.24722°N, 8.46472°W; r), near Philippsburg, county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg near Plittersdorf (Rastatt), Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine) : see below → near Rees near Rees and Emmerich am Rhein, Kreis Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia: see below → near Diersheim: Steinwert-Hot 2 (Altrheinarm), below → near Freistett, below → near Helmlingen and above → near Honau Rheinberger Altrhein (Alter Rhein) (51.5625°N, 6.58708°W; l), near Rheinberg and Ossenberg, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia see above → near Philippsburg see above → near Philippsburg see below → near Riburg (Rheinaltarm) Roxheimer Altrhein (49.44764°N, 8.36075°W/49.57333°N, 8.36972°W/49.59439°N, 8.41289°W; l), from Mutterstadt inter alia through Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate: see also (below) → Silbersee see below → near Rüdlingen (Rheinaltarm) Rußheimer Altrhein (49.20111°N, 8.42833°W; r), am Elisabethenwörth, with Alter Minthesee, near Rußheim (Dettenheim), Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg Sasbacher Altrhein (48.14336°N, 7.6095°W; r), near Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, county of Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg Altrhein (Scherzheim) (48.72031°N, 7.97347°W; r), near Scherzheim (Lichtenau), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg Michelsbach (Sondernheimer Altrhein) (49.18056°N, 8.35528°W; l), near Sondernheim, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Altlußheimer Altrhein (49.30667°N, 8.47583°W; l), in the Speyerer Auwald, kreisfreie Stadt Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate; gegenüber vom baden-württembergischen Altlußheim; see also (above) → near Otterstadt and below → Runkedebunk see below → Goldkanal and see also (above) → near Elchesheim-Illingen Stockstadt-Erfelder Altrhein (49.82722°N, 8.47597°W; r), in the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve, near Stockstadt and Erfelden, Groß-Gerau, Hesse see above → near Ilverich see below → near Tiengen (Rheinaltarm) Urdenbacher Altrhein (51.14333°N, 6.88333°W; r), near Baumberg (Monheim am Rhein) and Urdenbach, Kreis Mettmann and kreisfreie Stadt Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia see above → near Otterstadt Altrhein Wintersdorf (48.76089°N, 8.035°W; r), Rheinniederung Canal, near Wintersdorf, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg Wörther Altrhein (49.05639°N, 8.27139°W; l), near Wörth am Rhein, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate; see also (above) → near Jockgrim Xantener Altrhein (Alter Rhein) (51.6325°N, 6.49056°W; l), near Birten and Xanten, Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
 * near Altlußheim;
 * near Altrip;
 * near Astheim;
 * bei Au am Rhein:
 * near Baumberg;
 * near Berghausen:
 * near Bienen;
 * near Birten;
 * near Breisach:
 * near Daxlanden;
 * near Dornick;
 * near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen:
 * Altrhein (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen) (49.09294°N, 8.35775°W; r), near Eggenstein and Leopoldshafen
 * Altrhein (Eggenstein) (49.08139°N, 8.36667°W; r), near Eggenstein
 * Eggensteiner Altrhein (49.08917°N, 8.38°W; r), Rheinniederung Canal, near Eggenstein and Leopoldshafen
 * near Eich;
 * bei Elchesheim-Illingen:
 * Altrhein (Elchesheim) (48.92389°N, 8.19258°W; r), near Elchesheim
 * Illinger Altrhein (48.94417°N, 8.19694°W; r), near Illingen;
 * near Emmerich am Rhein;
 * near Erfelden;
 * near Esserden;
 * near Flüren:
 * bei Gimbsheim:
 * bei Ginsheim:
 * near Giriz;
 * bei Grauelsbaum:
 * Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel (48.74889°N, 7.977°W; r)
 * Altrheinzug (Grauelsbaum) (48.75528°N, 7.98172°W; r)
 * near Gernsheim;
 * bei Greffern:
 * Altrhein 1 (Greffern) (Entenloch) (48.75883°N, 7.98761°W; r)
 * Altrhein 2 (Greffern) (48.7575°N, 7.99528°W; r)
 * near Griethausen;
 * near Groß-Rohrheim:
 * near Hagenbach:
 * Hagenbacher Altrhein (49.02861°N, 8.25778°W; l), near Hagenbach
 * Insel Nauas Altrhein (49.01306°N, 8.29028°W; l), near Hagenbach
 * near Heidesheim:
 * near Hamm am Rhein;
 * near Hofheim;
 * bei Honau;
 * bei Hügelsheim:
 * Altrhein (Hügelsheim) (48.805°N, 8.10417°W; r)
 * Altrheinzug (Hügelsheim) (48.80694°N, 8.10347°W; r)
 * near Ilverich:
 * near Jockgrim:
 * Altrhein südlich Jockgrim (49.07194°N, 8.28667°W; l), an and teils auf Grenze zu Wörth am Rhein
 * Altrhein Hörnel (Hörnel-Altrhein) (49.08056°N, 8.32806°W; l),by the Rhine island of Hörnel, aber in the Gebiet from Wörth am Rhein
 * bei Karlsruhe:
 * Rappenwörter Altrhein (48.99903°N, 8.31289°W; r), near Karlsruhe-Daxlanden
 * Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee (49.06944°N, 8.35778°W; r), in the NSG Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee, near Neureut, nearm Ölhäfen
 * near Knielingen;
 * near Kellen;
 * near Ketsch:
 * near Kleve:
 * Kellener Altrhein (51.79167°N, 6.19°W; l), near Kellen
 * Griethauser Altrhein (51.83278°N, 6.12861°W; l), near Griethausen
 * near Klein-Rohrheim;
 * bei Lampertheim: near Lampertheim, Kreis Bergstraße, Hessen:
 * Lampertheimer Altrhein (49.60278°N, 8.45222°W; r), in the NSG Lampertheimer Altrhein, near Lampertheim and Biblis
 * Maulbeerauer Altrhein (Hofheimer Altrhein, Nordheimer Altrhein) (49.66764°N, 8.3825°W; r), near the Rhine island of Maulbeeraue, near Hofheim (Lampertheim) and Hofheim (Biblis)
 * bei Leimersheim: near Leimersheim and Neupotz, county of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (looking down the Rhine) :
 * Altrhein near Neupotz (49.11361°N, 8.32389°W; l)
 * Altrhein Leimersheim (49.13444°N, 8.35667°W; l)
 * near Lingenfeld:
 * near Linkenheim-Hochstetten:
 * near Ludwigshafen am Rhein;
 * near Mannheim:
 * Altrhein Backofen (49.41333°N, 8.50056°W; r), near Rheinauhafen
 * Mannheimer Altrhein (Waldhofer / Sandhofer Altrhein) (49.52222°N, 8.47°W; r), with Mannheimer Altrheinhafen and Industriehafen, near the Friesenheimer Insel and den Stadtteilen Waldhof and Sandhofen sowie in the Stadtbezirk and Stadtteil Neckarstadt-West
 * Altrhein Sandhofen-Ballauf (49.56028°N, 8.41722°W; r), near Sandhofen
 * near Märkt:
 * near Marlen:
 * Altrhein Fischerkopf (48.52722°N, 7.81056°W; r)
 * Altrhein Saurheinkopf (48.52361°N, 7.81056°W; r)
 * near Maxau;
 * near Maximiliansau;
 * near Mechtersheim:
 * near Meerbusch;
 * near Mutterstadt;
 * near Neuhofen:
 * near Neupotz;
 * near Neureut;
 * near Nordheim;
 * near Oberhausen;
 * near Oggersheim;
 * near Ossenberg;
 * near Ottenheim:
 * near Otterstadt:
 * Angelhofer Altrhein (49.35917°N, 8.47028°W; l), near Otterstadt and in the Gebiet the kreisfreien Stadt Speyer;
 * Otterstädter Altrhein (49.38778°N, 8.46472°W; l), near Otterstadt and Waldsee
 * bei Philippsburg:
 * near Plittersdorf:
 * Altrhein Plittersdorf (48.87667°N, 8.13417°W; r)
 * Altrheinarm (Plittersdorf) (48.87667°N, 8.14639°W; r)
 * Altrhein (Plittersdorf) (48.90139°N, 8.155°W; r)
 * near Praest;
 * bei Rees:
 * Bienener Altrhein!--???Nr--> (51.81°N, 6.35833°W; r), near Esserden, Bienen, Praest and Dornick
 * Grietherorter Altrhein (51.8025°N, 6.33583°W; r), near Grietherort
 * Reeser Altrhein (51.76°N, 6.42472°W; r), near Haffen and Rees
 * near Rheinau;
 * near Rheinberg:
 * near Rheinhausen;
 * near Rheinsheim;
 * near Riburg;
 * bei Roxheim:
 * Hinterer Roxheimer Altrhein (49.57139°N, 8.38333°W; l), near Roxheim
 * Vorderer Roxheimer Altrhein (49.57556°N, 8.36944°W; l), near Roxheim
 * near Rüdlingen;
 * near Rußheim:
 * near Sasbach:
 * near Scherzheim:
 * near Sondernheim:
 * bei Speyer:
 * bei Steinmauern:
 * bei Stockstadt/Erfelden:
 * near Strümp;
 * near Tiengen;
 * bei Urdenbach:
 * near Waldsee;
 * near Wintersdorf:
 * bei Wörth am Rhein:
 * bei Xanten:

Altrheinarm
see also (above) → near Au am Rhein see above → near Grauelsbaum see above → near Plittersdorf see also (below) → near Freistett
 * Auer Altrheinarme(48.96278°N, 8.24389°W; r), several old arms of the Rhine near Au am Rhein, county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
 * Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel;
 * Altrheinarm Plittersdorf;
 * Altrheinarm (Rheinbischofsheim) (48.66769°N, 7.90925°W; r; with the Groschenwasser), near Rheinbischofsheim and Freistett (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg;
 * Altrheinarme Taubergießen(48.27422°N, 7.69606°W; r), several old arms of the Rhine in the Auen- and NSG Taubergießen, inter alia near Rust, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
 * Steinwert-Hot 2 (Altrheinarm) (48.65125°N, 7.87314°W; r), near Diersheim and Honau (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg

Altrhein or Restrhein
Section of the River Rhine called the Altrhein or Restrhein parallel to the 52.7-kilometre-long Grand Canal d'Alsace (Rheinseitenkanal), between the Stauwehr Märkt (47.61722°N, 7.57333°W; Weil am Rhein; Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg; Germany) and Village-Neuf (department of Haut-Rhin; France) and the Kulturwehr Breisach (48.0325°N, 7.57°W; Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg; Germany) and Volgelsheim (department of Haut-Rhin; France) running as a border river; see also (above) → near Märkt

Altrheinschlinge
see above → near Ilverich
 * Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge;

Altrheinzug
see above → near Grauelsbaum see above → near Hügelsheim
 * Altrheinzug (Grauelsbaum);
 * Altrheinzug (Hügelsheim);
 * Durchgehender Altrheinzug (r), east along the Rhine, Baden-Württemberg

Restrhein
see above → Altrhein or Restrhein

Rheinaltarm
see also (above) → Altarm Rheinaltarm Giriz (47.60425°N, 8.22619°W; l), near Koblenz AG, canton of Aargau, Switzerland Rheinaltarm Riburg (47.58486°N, 7.85911°W; l), near Riburg (Möhlin), canton of Aargau, Switzerland Rheinaltarm Rüdlingen (47.58569°N, 8.57422°W; l), near Rüdlingen, canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland Rheinaltarm Tiengen (47.61392°N, 8.24244°W; r), near Tiengen (Waldshut-Tiengen), county of Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg
 * near Giriz:
 * bei Riburg:
 * bei Rüdlingen:
 * bei Tiengen:

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 (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine) : see also (above) → Altrheinarm (Rheinbischofsheim) near Helmlingen (Rheinau), Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg (looking down the Rhine) : see also (above) → near Speyer
 * Die Roos (51.37528°N, 6.68333°W; l), old arm of the Rhine near Friemersheim and Hohenbudberg, by and in the nature reserve of Rheinaue Friemersheim, in the boroughs of Duisburg and Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
 * near Freistett;
 * Bischemer Grund (48.6675°N, 7.91436°W; r)
 * Altwasser am Dreimärkerweg (48.67058°N, 7.91369°W; r)
 * Altwasser am Kreuzdammweg (48.67361°N, 7.91997°W; r)
 * Altwasser im Steingrund (48.68619°N, 7.94578°W; r)
 * bei Helmlingen:
 * Hellwasser (48.69433°N, 7.96061°W; r), near Helmlingen and Freistett
 * Herrenwasser (48.70103°N, 7.95747°W; r)
 * Mittelkopf (48.70236°N, 7.95258°W; r)
 * Rubenkopfkehle (48.70672°N, 7.95658°W; r)
 * Judenloch (48.70986°N, 7.9525°W; r)
 * Niep (Niepkuhlenzug) and angrenzende Kuhlen (51.45417°N, 6.50186°W; l), between the city of Krefeld and Issum in the county of Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia
 * Rheinlöcher/Scheidegraben (49.72819°N, 8.42819°W; l), near Ibersheim and Hamm am Rhein, near Ibersheimer Wörth, in the borough of Worms and municipality of Hamm am Rhein, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
 * Runkedebunk (49.29019°N, 8.46033°W; l), in the Speyerer Auwald, Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate; near Berghäuser Altrhein and opposite the island of Horn;

Waterbodies linked to the Rhine
These are artificially created waterbodies alongside the Rhine (such as quarry ponds), 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. (sorted alphabetically by name) : (quarry pond, with very large part of the Gimbsheimer Altrhein) (quarry pond with marina including link to the Rhine; formed end of the 20th century) see also (above) → near Gimbsheim (old arm of the Rhine massively expanded as a quarry pond) see also (above) → near Elchesheim-Illingen (quarry pond with small section of old Rhine arm and dredged old Rhine waterbodies) see also (above) → near Karlsruhe (quarry pond on the inside of the bend of the Vorderen and Hinteren Roxheimer Altrhein) see also (above) → near Roxheim
 * Altrheinsee (49.75917°N, 8.40389°W; l), near Eich, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
 * Eicher See (49.76083°N, 8.44611°W; l), near Eich and Hamm am Rhein, county of Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
 * Goldkanal (48.92278°N, 8.17833°W; r), near Steinmauern and Illingen (Elchesheim-Illingen), county of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg;
 * Knielinger See (49.02667°N, 8.31167°W; r), near Knielingen and Maxau, in the NSG Altrhein Maxau, in borough of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
 * Silbersee (49.57861°N, 8.38306°W; l), near Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate