The Raging NeisseDodge, Lt Col Theodore Ayrault. ''Napoleon: A History of the Art of War. Vol. IV'', 2014 ( pl, Nysa Szalona, or ''Jauersche Neiße'') is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. It has a length of about and flows into the

Kaczawa The Kaczawa (), in English Katzbach, is a river in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It springs from the Kaczawskie Mountains near Kaczorów and flows north and northeast through the towns of Świerzawa, Złotoryja and Legnica. Among its ...

(Katzbach), which in turn flows into the Oder. Its largest tributary is the Little Neisse. The Raging Neisse rises at a height of on the western side of a mountain called the Kokosz on the Waldenburg Heights. It flows down through the lowlands among the foothills of the Sudetes and the heights of Hainau, through the towns of Bolków (''Bolkenhain'') and

Jawor Jawor (german: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies appr ...

(''Jauer''). It then merges with the

(''Katzbach'') at a height of not far from Jawor near the village of Slup (''Schlaup'') on the battlefield of the Battle of Katzbach. During heavy rain and due to its mountainous character, the water level of this small river can rise by up to 2.5 metres or about 8 feet, whence its name, the "Raging" Neisse.

Napoleonic Wars

The river became famous as a result of the Battle of Katzbach when fleeing French troops being pursued by

Marschall Blücher Marschall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein (1842–1912), German politician and Secretary of State of the Foreign Office of the German Empire * Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768 ...

were driven into the Katzbach and Raging Neisse rivers which were swollen as the result of a thunderstorm.

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* {{cite book , last=Rose , first=John Holland , title=The Life of Napoleon I , volume=2 , publication-place=Vachendorf , date=2018 , isbn=978-1-5378-0950-2 , oclc=1189312780 * Henderson, Ernest F. (2015). ''Blücher And The Uprising Of Prussia Against Napoleon, 1806-1815''. * Dodge, Lt. Col. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (2014). ''Napoleon: a History of the Art of War''.

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Rivers of Poland