Knajka is a stream in the
Cieszyn County
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Cieszyn County ( pl, powiat cieszyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result o ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship,
Poland, in the historical region of
Cieszyn Silesia. It is a left-bank tributary of the
Vistula, which it enters just south of
Strumień
Strumień (german: Schwarzwasser, cs, Strumeň) is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship (province) of southern Poland, on the Vistula River.
It is located in the north-eastern part of the hist ...
. Its length is variously said to be either
or .
It flows through
Ogrodzona,
Kostkowice,
Dębowiec,
Knaj
Knaj is a hamlet of Drogomyśl in the administrative district of Gmina Strumień, within Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Strumień, north-east of Cieszyn, and south-west of the region ...
and
Bąków. Numerous
fish pond
A fish pond or fishpond is a controlled pond, small artificial lake or retention basin that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming, for recreational fishing, or for ornamental purposes.
Fish ponds are a classical g ...
s are located alongside of it.
The name of the river is derived from a word ''knieja'' denoting a ''wild, dense forest''.
File:Widok ze wzgórza Chełm Źródła Knajki.jpeg, Headwaters area
File:Stawy w Dębowcu 5.JPG, One of the fish ponds alongside the stream, in Dębowiec
Notes
References
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Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Silesian Voivodeship
Cieszyn County
Cieszyn Silesia
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