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Wda River
The Wda (german: Schwarzwasser) is a river in Poland; it has a lowland character. The Wda is one of the 15 main canoe trails in Poland. It is 198 km long and the surface of its catchment area amounts to 2325 km2. The Wda's average gradient is 0.7‰ and its flow is 6.52 m3/s. The Wda begins its course at Krążno Lake and ends in the Wisła in Świecie. The Wda is one of the longest rivers in Bory Tucholskie and one of the most important of Pomorze's river routes. Geography The source of Wda is on Równina Charzykowska in Krężno Lake. The river flows through the area of Bory Tucholskie, Wdzydzki Landscape Park and Wdecki Landscape Park. There is one river's canal below Wdzydze Lake. The river reaches Tleń, then flows across Wysoczyzna Świecka and ends in Wisła in Świecie on Dolina Fordońska. Lakes * Krężno * Wieckie * Lubiszewskie * Schodno * Radolne * Wdzydze * Żurskie The Wdzydze Lake along with lakes Gołyń, Jeleń and Słupinek are cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vistula
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in the south of Poland, above sea level in the Silesian Beskids (western part of Carpathian Mountains), where it begins with the Little White Vistula (''Biała Wisełka'') and the Black Little Vistula (''Czarna Wisełka''). It flows through Poland's largest cities, including Kraków, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Płock, Włocławek, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Świecie, Grudziądz, Tczew and Gdańsk. It empties into the Vistula Lagoon (''Zalew Wiślany'') or directly into the Gdańsk Bay of the Baltic Sea with a delta of six main branches (Leniwka, Przekop, Śmiała Wisła, Martwa Wisła, Nogat and Szkarpawa). The river is often associated with Polish culture, history and national identity. It is the country's most important waterway and natural symbol, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krężno
Krężno (german: Kesselsee) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalisz Pomorski, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kalisz Pomorski, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Drawsko County {{Drawsko-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czarna Woda
Czarna Woda (; formerly german: Schwarzwasser) is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,735 inhabitants as of December 2021. The town's name translates to "Black Water". Gallery File:Most kolejowy Chojnice - Tczew nad Wdą.jpg, Railway bridge over Wda The Wda (german: Schwarzwasser) is a river in Poland; it has a lowland character. The Wda is one of the 15 main canoe trails in Poland. It is 198 km long and the surface of its catchment area amounts to 2325 km2. The Wda's average gra ... river in Czarna Woda File:Budynek byłej szkoły podstawowej obecnie Biblioteka Miejska.jpg, Municipal Library File:Ulica Mickiewicza na wysokości boiska.JPG, Mickiewicza Street in Czarna Woda File:Dworzec kolejowy Czarna Woda.jpg, Railway station References Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship Starogard County {{Pomeranian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojtal
Wojtal (german: Woital) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania. The village has a population of 202. History Wojtal was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the ''Lebensraum (, ''living space'') is a German concept of settler colonialism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s. First popularized around 1901, '' lso in:' became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borsk
Borsk ( csb, Bòrsk) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. The village has a population of 146. Borsk was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The .... References Borsk {{Kościerzyna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipusz
Lipusz (german: Lippusch; csb, Lëpùsz) is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipusz. It lies approximately west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. The village has a population of 2,069. Lipusz was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of 20 Poles from Lipusz, including railwaymen, farmers, millers, a secretary of the local forestry, a teacher and a postman, in the nearby forest (see ''Intelligenzaktion The ''Intelligenzaktion'' (), or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeleń (lake)
Jeleń may refer to the following places: * Jeleń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Jeleń, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Jeleń, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Jeleń, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland) * Jeleń, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Jeleń, Działdowo County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Jeleń, Mrągowo County Jeleń is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Piecki, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazu ... in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Jeleń, Pisz County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Jeleń, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) See also * Jelen {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gołyń
Gołyń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Rawska, within Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biała Rawska, north-east of Rawa Mazowiecka, and east of the regional capital Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti .... The village has an approximate population of 150. References Villages in Rawa County {{Rawa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
