The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa;

Upper Sorbian Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as "Wendish", is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, which is today part of Saxony. It is grouped in the West Slavic language branch, together ...

: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.''Neisse River''
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at http://eagri.cz/public. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011. It rises in the Jizera Mountains, near Nová Ves nad Nisou, at the Czech border becoming the

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border for its remaining , to flow into the similarly northward-flowing

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. Its drainage basin covers , of which in Poland, the rest is mainly in Germany.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 The river reaches the tripoint of the three nations by Zittau, a German town/city, after , leaving the Czech Republic. It is a left-bank tributary of the Oder, into which it flows between

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-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn – north of the towns of

Guben Guben (Polish and Sorbian: ''Gubin'') is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in Lower Lusatia, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049. Along with Frankfurt (Oder) and Görlitz ...

and Gubin. Since the 1945

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in the aftermath of World War II, the river has partially demarcated the German-Polish border (along the Oder-Neisse line). While the German population outside was expelled. It is the longest and most watered of the three rivers of its non-adjectival name in both the main languages (the two other rivers being the

Eastern Neisse The Eastern Neisse, also known by its Polish name of Nysa Kłodzka (german: Glatzer Neiße, cs, Kladská Nisa), is a river in southwestern Poland, a left tributary of the Oder, with a length of 188 km (21st longest) and a basin area of 4,570& ...

( pl, Nysa Kłodzka; german: Glatzer Neisse) and

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(Polish: ''Nysa Szalona''; German: ''Wütende Neiße'' or ''Jauersche Neiße'')). It is usually simply referred to as the Neisse.

Name

Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia, the adjective "Lusatian" or "Western" before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating this border river from the

(Polish: ''Nysa Kłodzka'', German: ''Glatzer Neisse'') and the smaller

(Polish: ''Nysa Szalona''; German: ''Wütende Neisse'' or ''Jauersche Neisse''), both in Poland.

Towns and villages

At Bad Muskau the Neisse flows through

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, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cities and towns on the river from source to mouth include: * Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic *

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, Czech Republic *

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

, Czech Republic *

Chrastava Chrastava (; german: Kratzau) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts Chrastava is made up of town parts of Chrastava, Dolní Chrastava and Horní Chrastava, ...

, Czech Republic *

Hrádek nad Nisou Hrádek nad Nisou (; german: Grottau, pl, Gródek nad Nysą) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,700 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument ...

, Czech Republic * Zittau, Germany * Bogatynia, Poland *

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

, Germany; Zgorzelec, Poland *

Pieńsk Pieńsk (german: Penzig) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Pieńsk, and stands on the east bank of the Lusatian Neisse river, ...

, Poland * Bad Muskau, Germany; Łęknica, Poland * Forst (Lausitz), Germany *

, Germany; Gubin, Poland

Tributaries

Right bank: * Lubsza Left bank: * Mandau

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Towns and villages

Tributaries

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