The Sauer is a river in France (Alsace) and Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate). A left tributary of the river Rhine, its total length is about , of which in France. Its upper course, in Germany, is called Saarbach. Its source is in the Palatinate forest, near the French border, south of Pirmasens. It flows into France near Schà Ânau, and continues through Wà Ârth and north of Haguenau. It flows into the Rhine in Seltz, opposite the mouth of the Murg.