Lučina ( or ''Łuczyna'') is a river in
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...
,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It is the tributary of the
Ostravice River
Ostravice ( pl, Ostrawica, german: Ostrawitza) is a river in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and then flows through Ostravice, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frýdek-Místek and Paskov to Ostrava ...
to which it enters in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
. It originates in
Beskids
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west a ...
and then flows northwestward through
Horní Bludovice
Horní Bludovice ( pl, Błędowice Górne, german: Ober Bludowitz) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Prost ...
and
Dolní Bludovice, near
Havířov
Havířov (; pl, ) is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 69,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. Havířov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. ...
.
Žermanice Dam
Žermanice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Geography
Žermanice is located about northeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava ...
is built on the river. River is distinct for its
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
s which are protected as a unique natural landmark.
The book ''Most nad Łucyną'' (The Bridge on Łucyna) by
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
poet
Wiesław Adam Berger
Wiesław Adam Berger (6 June 1926 in Ostrava- Přívoz – 15 January 1998 in Ostrava) was a Polish writer connected with the Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia.
Biography
Berger lived from 1927 to 1940 (and also several years after World War II) ...
is centered on the river.
Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Frýdek-Místek District
Karviná District
Cieszyn Silesia
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