The Soła () is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. Soła originates in the Western Beskids mountain range near the border with Slovakia. It is made up of the confluence of several small creeks at the village of Rajcza. It runs downhill northeastwards through Żywiec Basin to the towns of Żywiec and Kęty, forming the border between the

Silesian Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia. Silesian may also refer to: People and languages * Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West S ...

and the Żywiec Beskids. After , the Soła empties into the Vistula River after having passed the town of Oświęcim.Oficjalny serwis gminy Rajcza – rajcza.com
Zapora Porąbka2

The river flows within metres of the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum informs that the human ashes and ground bones of those murdered there were often dumped into the river.Dr. Franciszek Piper
"The extermination procedure in the gas chambers"
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu), 1999-2010 Soła flows through or near the following settlements: Rajcza, Milówka, Cisiec, Węgierska Górka, Cięcina, Radziechowy, Wieprz, Żywiec,

Tresna Tresna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czernichów, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Czernichów, north of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katow ...

, Czernichów,

Międzybrodzie Żywieckie Międzybrodzie Żywieckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czernichów, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czernichów, north of Żywiec, and south of the regio ...

, Międzybrodzie Bialskie, Porąbka,

Czaniec Czaniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Porąbka, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Porąbka, east of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regional capital Ka ...

, Kobiernice, Kęty, Nowa Wieś,

Hecznarowice Hecznarowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilamowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wilamowice, north-east of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regio ...

, Bielany, Łęki, and Oświęcim.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sola Rivers of Poland Rivers of Silesian Voivodeship Rivers of Lesser Poland Voivodeship