Harbour

port Rèmelfing

2.3Rémelfing, France

Maximum length: 15 m
Maximum draught: 1.5 m

River stop on the canalised Sarre at Rémelfing in the Moselle department, 3 km downstream of Sarreguemines on the French bank.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre from the Marne-Rhine canal at Gondrexange, heading north via the four-lock ladder of Rechicourt. Rémelfing is 3 km below the lock of Sarreguemines. Maximum draught 1.5 m, air draught limited by the standard Freycinet bridges. Grosbliederstroff and the German border are 4.5 NM downstream.

Practical

Single pontoon, suited to one hire boat at a time. No harbour office or staff. Shops and the SNCF station at Sarreguemines are 3 km by the towpath. Nearest fuel and chandlery at the Nicols and Locaboat bases in Sarreguemines.

Ashore

The Sarre greenway towpath runs from the pontoon to Sarreguemines in about 45 minutes on foot or 15 minutes by bike. Sarreguemines faience museum, in the former director's villa of the XIXth century ceramic works, is 3 km upstream. The Jardin des Faïenciers garden next to the museum displays ceramic fragments from the factory.