The Radunia (; ) is a small river in
Kashubia
Kashubia or Cassubia ( or ; ; or ) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland. It is inhabited by the Kashubian people, and many in the region have historically spoken the Kashubian langua ...
(
Pomerelia
Pomerelia, also known as Eastern Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania, and also before World War II as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pomerania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland.
Gdańsk Pomerania is largely c ...
) in northern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, which issues from a lake and falls into the
Motława
The Motława (; ) is a river in Eastern Pomerania in Poland. Its source is in Szpęgawskie Lake, northeast from the town of Starogard Gdański. The Motlawa goes through Rokickie Lake to Martwa Wisła, a branch of the Vistula. The total length o ...
near the city of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
.
Part of its water is conveyed into the city via the 13.5 km long
Radunia Canal
The Radunia Canal (; ) is a historic canal completed in 1356 connecting the Radunia and Motława rivers, flowing through the cities of Pruszcz Gdański and Gdańsk in Poland. It is listed on the regional heritage list.
History
The canal's cou ...
(''Kanał Raduni (pl) / Radaunekanal (de)'') or ''New Radaune'',
[''A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, edited by Royal Geographical Society Great Britain, 1856'', and ''The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary, 1822']
/ref> a canal built in the 14th century by Teutonic Knights
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to t ...
, to provide water and power to operate the Great Mill.
Its source is Lake Stężyckie
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...
near Stężyca. Near Krępiec, the Radunia joins the Motława, a tributary to the Vistula
The Vistula (; ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra i ...
in Gdańsk. The length of the Radunia is 103,2 km, area 837 km², with a height difference of 162 m. Places along the river are Żukowo
Żukowo (, , ) is a town in Kartuzy County, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland in the cultural region of Kashubia, with 6,236 inhabitants (2005). It is located along the Radunia river in the historic Pomerelia, about southwest of G ...
and Pruszcz Gdański
Pruszcz Gdański (; former ; ; ) is a town in Pomerania, northern Poland with 26,834 inhabitants (2010). Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring Gdańsk, part of the Tricity, Poland, Tricity urban agglomeration, agglomeration. The Obwo ...
, with 22,000 inhabitants.
From 1910 to 1937, eight water power stations were built, delivering 14 MW in total.
Literature
*Wilhelm Brauer, ''Prußische Siedlungen westlich der Weichsel: Versuch einer etymologischen Deutung heimatlicher Flurnamen'', J.-G.-Herder-Bibliothek Siegerland, Siegen 1983
*Karl Pernin, ''Wanderungen durch die sogen : Kassubei und die Tuchler Haide als Beiträge zur Landeskenntniss gewidmet seinen westpreussischen Landsleuten, den Turnern und allen Freunden der Natur'', Verlag und Druck von A. W. Kafemann, Danzig 1886
See also
* Mała Słupina
References
External links
Geschichte: Die Radaune
2Radunia
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Pomeranian Voivodeship
{{Poland-river-stub