(
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* 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 ...
: ) is a 31 km long river originating in
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 populous ...
but flowing mostly through
Karviná District
Karviná District ( cs, okres Karviná, pl, powiat Karwina) is a district ('' okres'') within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Karviná. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative di ...
,
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 right tributary of the
Olza River
The ( cs, OlÅ¡e, german: Olsa) is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, a right (eastern) tributary of the River Oder. It flows from the Silesian Beskids mountains through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and the Frýdek-MÃstek and Karvin ...
, to which it enters in
Závada (part of
Petrovice u Karviné
(1920–1952 ''Petrovice''; pl, , german: Petrowitz bei Freistadt) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Dolnà ...
).
It begins in vicinity of
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; cs, TěšÃn ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitant ...
(
Pastwiska) and then flows north through
Hażlach,
Kończyce Wielkie,
Kończyce Małe
is a village in Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Piotrówka River.
History
The village was first m ...
,
Zebrzydowice, where it veers west towards
Marklowice Górne
Marklowice Górne is a village in Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Piotrówka River flows through the village.
Etymology
The name of the village is patronymic in origin, derived from the German persona ...
,
Dolnà Marklovice
(Polish language, Polish: ) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Petrovice u Karviné in 1952. Petrůvka River flows through the village.
...
, Petrovice u Karviné and Závada.
See also
*
Polish minority in the Czech Republic
The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Zaolzie region of western Cieszyn Silesia. The Polish community is the only national (or ethnic) minority in the Czech Republic that is linked to a speci ...
References
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Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Silesian Voivodeship
Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Karviná District
Cieszyn Silesia
International rivers of Europe
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