The Trojanka , also called Goślinka , is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
, a right tributary of the
Warta river, lying within the district of
Gmina Murowana Goślina in
Greater Poland Voivodeship, western Poland. It has a total length of approximately . It broadens into lakes at several places, and is joined by a number of smaller streams along its length.
The Trojanka rises in the middle of the
Puszcza Zielonka forest, south of the village of
Zielonka and close to the settlement of Huta Pusta. It initially flows northwards through Zielonka, where it broadens out into a lake, and to
Głęboczek, where it again forms a small lake. It then flows north-westwards into a larger lake, ''Jezioro Leśne'' ("Forest Lake"), south-east of
Łopuchówko
Łopuchówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Murowana Goślina and north-east of the regional ...
. From there it flows west, forming another small lake at
Głębocko, followed by the larger ''Jezioro Worowskie'' ("Worowo Lake" named after the settlement of Worowo to the north).
The stream then continues north-westwards, flowing out of the Puszcza Zielonka
Landscape Park, and turns sharply southwards at the settlement of Brody south of
Wojnowo. It flows through
Trojanowo and
Przebędowo (where it again forms a small lake), before running along the western side of the town of
Murowana Goślina
Murowana Goślina (; german: Murowana-Goslin) is a town in Poznań County in western Poland, with 10,336 inhabitants (2009). It lies approximately north of the major city of Poznań, on the main road and railway line to Wągrowiec. The Trojanka ...
. At a point south-west of the older part of the town (but north of the newer ''Zielone Wzgórza'' estate) it again turns north-west, flowing into another lake at
Raduszyn
Raduszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies immediately to the west of the town of Murowana Goślina, approximately west of th ...
, and from there to the village of
Mściszewo
Mściszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Murowana Goślina and north of the regional cap ...
. It joins the river
Warta a short distance to the north-west of Mściszewo. There was formerly a village called Goślinka (or ''Mała Goślina''—"Little Goślina") close to this point, but this is now part of Mściszewo.
References
*''Murowana Goślina i okolice'', N. Kulse, Z. Wojczak, 2004 (local publication)
{{Gmina Murowana Goślina
Rivers of Greater Poland Voivodeship
Rivers of Poland