The Souffel is a river in Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. It rises near Kuttolsheim

Kuttolsheim

Kuttolsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It has been built along an old Roman road leading from Strasbourg to Saverne.-Geography:...

 and joins the Ill

Ill (France)

The Ill is a river in Alsace, in north-eastern France. It is a left-side, or western tributary of the Rhine.It starts down from its source near the village of Winkel, in the Jura mountains, with a resurgence near Ligsdorf, turns around Ferrette on its east side, and then runs northward through...

 river (a tributary of the Rhine), south of La Wantzenau

La Wantzenau

La Wantzenau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Location:The town is located 12 km northeast of Strasbourg. It is the last village along the Ill river before it joins the Rhine a few kilometres downstream...

 after a course of 26 km. It has given its name to two villages on its banks: Souffelweyersheim

Souffelweyersheim

Souffelweyersheim a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg.-Etymology:Souffelweyersheim means: the village on the pond of Souffel...

 and Griesheim-sur-Souffel

Griesheim-sur-Souffel

Griesheim-sur-Souffel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin déparetment in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is positioned a short distance to the northwest of Strasbourg....

. Tributaries of the Souffel are Haltbach, Plaetzerbach, Musaubach, Kolbsenbach and Leisbach. In 1815 the Battle of La Suffel

Battle of La Suffel

The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic Wars...

was fought on its banks.