<P> The Roman poet, Decimius Magnus Ausonius, made it a literary theme as early as the 4th century . In his poem dated A.D. 371, called Mosella, which was published in 483 hexameters, this poet of the Late Antiquity and teacher at the Trier Imperial Court (Kaiserhof) described a journey from Bingen over the Hunsrück hills to the Moselle and then following its course to Trier on the road named after him, the Via Ausonius . Ausonius describes flourishing and rich landscapes along the river and in the valley of the Moselle, thanks to the policies of their Roman rulers . </P> <P> The river subsequently gave its name to two French republican départements: Moselle and Meurthe - et - Moselle . </P> <P> The source of the Moselle is at 715 metres above sea level on the Col de Bussang on the western slopes of the Ballon d'Alsace in the Vosges . After 544 kilometres it discharges into the Rhine at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz at a height of 59 metres above NHN . The length of the river in France is 314 kilometres, for 39 kilometres it forms the border between Germany and Luxembourg, and 208 kilometres are solely within Germany . </P> <P> The Moselle flows through the Lorraine region, west of the Vosges . Further downstream, in Germany, the Moselle valley forms the division between the Eifel and Hunsrück mountain regions . </P>

Where does the mosel river start and end
find me the text answering this question