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Lusatian Neisse is a
riverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water...
in the
Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...
(54 km) and along the
PolishPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
border (198 km), in total 252 km long. It is a left tributary of the Oder River, into which it flows near
GubinGubin is a town in Krosno Odrzańskie County, southwestern Poland. Located on the right bank of the Lusatian Neisse River, it has a population of 15,000 inhabitants . Part of the Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, it is now part of the Lubusz Voivodeship...
. It originates in the
Jizera MountainsThe Jizera or Izera Mountains are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part is formed from granite, with some areas formed from basalt...
near
Nová Ves nad NisouNová Ves nad Nisou is a village and municipality in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.-Notes:...
.
Since the river runs through the historic region of
LusatiaLusatia is a historical region between the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers and the Elbe river in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg and south-western Poland ....
, the adjective before the name of the river Neisse differentiates this particular river in each language. In 1945 it became the Polish western border to Germany as a result of
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
(see
Oder-Neisse lineThe Oder-Neisse line was drawn in the aftermath of World War II as the eastern border of Germany and the western border of Poland. The line is formed primarily by the Oder and Lusatian Neisse rivers, and meets the Baltic Sea west of the seaport cities of Szczecin and Świnoujście...
). It thus became the most notable of the three rivers called
Neiße (German) or
Nysa (Polish), and therefore is often simply called
Neisse.
Cities and towns on the river:
- Jablonec nad Nisou
Jablonec nad Nisou is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is known as a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, an education centre, and a centre of world-production of glass and jewellery...
, Czech Republic
- Vratislavice
Vratislavice nad Nisou is a district of the city of Liberec, in the north of the Czech Republic. It has around 6,700 inhabitants and straddles the Nisa river between Liberec and Jablonec, around 3.5 km south-east of Liberec city centre.-History:...
, Czech Republic
- Liberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the sixth-largest city in the Czech Republic....
, Czech Republic
- Zittau
Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 29,361 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....
, Germany
- Bogatynia
Bogatynia is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the point where the Czech, German and Polish borders meet. It is the only town in Poland which was part of the German state of Saxony before World War II...
, Poland
- Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River, in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz belongs to the region of Upper Lusatia and Silesia. Today it is the easternmost town in Germany...
, Germany; ZgorzelecZgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33,278 inhabitants . It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zgorzelec County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Zgorzelec...
, Poland
- Pieńsk
Pieńsk is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Pieńsk, and stands on the east bank of the Lusatian Neisse river, which forms the border between Poland and Germany...
, Poland
- Bad Muskau
Bad Muskau is a spa town in Upper Lusatia, Germany, being the site of the famous Park von Muskau. It is part of the district Görlitz, in Saxony....
, Germany; Łęknica, Poland
- Forst (Lausitz), Germany
- Guben
Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 22,184 as of 2004...
, Germany; Gubin, Poland
See also