Schneckenbusch

Schneckenbusch (Schneggebesch in Rhine Franconian) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. The word Schneckenbusch means "snails bush" in German.

Geography

Schneckenbusch is a little village in the south-east of Sarrebourg. The village is crossed by a little river, the Bièvre, which rises from the bottom of the Vosges Mountains. Schneckenbusch is too crossed by the Marne-Rhine Canal who opened in 1853.

The commune is situated at 47 miles of Strasbourg, 50 miles of Saarbrücken, 56 miles of Nancy and 78 miles of Metz.

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