Moselle is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, which flows through the western part of the department.
Prefecture building of the Moselle department, in Metz
The Moselle département till 1793 (including Bouquenom and Vieux Sarverden)
Saint-Etienne cathedral in Metz, prefecture of Moselle.
Bezirk Lothringen, also called German Lorraine, was a government region in the western part of Alsace-Lorraine when it was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
Lorraine department with its districts in different colours (1890)