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"Neisse" redirects here. For other uses, see Neisse (disambiguation).
Lusatian Neisse River 
Nysa near Skerbersdorf, Krauschwitz municipalityCountries Czech Republic, Poland, Germany Source Jizera Mountains - location Nová Ves nad Nisou, Liberec Region, Czech Republic - elevation 655 m (2,149 ft) - coordinates 50°43′47″N 15°13′44″E / 50.72972°N 15.22889°E Mouth Oder - location Neißemünde, Brandenburg, Germany - elevation 32 m (105 ft) - coordinates 52°4′11″N 14°45′20″E / 52.06972°N 14.75556°E Length 252 km (157 mi) Basin 4,297 km2 (1,659 sq mi) Discharge - average 30 m3/s (1,059 cu ft/s) 
Oder and Neisse riversThe Lusatian Neisse (Czech: Lužická Nisa; German: Lausitzer Neiße; Polish: Nysa Łużycka; Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa) is a 252 km (157 mi) long river in Central Europe.[1][2] The river has its source in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after 54 km (34 mi), and later forms the Polish-German border on a length of 198 km (123 mi). The Lusatian Neisse is a left tributary of the Oder river, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn north of the towns of Guben and Gubin.
According to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II, the river became part of the Polish western border with Germany (the Oder-Neisse line). It is the longest and most notable of the three rivers named Neisse (Neiße) (German) or Nysa (Polish) (the two other rivers being Nysa Kłodzka (Glatzer Neisse) and Nysa Szalona (Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße)). It is therefore often simply called Nysa or Neisse. An older Polish variant, no longer used, was Nissa.[3]
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Name
Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia, the adjective before the name of the river Neisse differentiates this particular river from the Nysa Kłodzka (Glatzer Neisse) and the small Nysa Szalona (Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße) in Silesia.
Cities
At Bad Muskau the Neisse flows through Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cities and towns on the river from source to mouth include:
- Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
- Vratislavice, Czech Republic
- Liberec, Czech Republic
- Chrastava, Czech Republic
- Hrádek nad Nisou, Czech Republic
- Zittau, Germany
- Bogatynia, Poland
- Görlitz, Germany; Zgorzelec, Poland
- Pieńsk, Poland
- Bad Muskau, Germany; Łęknica, Poland
- Forst (Lausitz), Germany
- Guben, Germany; Gubin, Poland
Tributaries
Right
Left
See also
References
- ^ Neisse River at www.britannica.com. Accessed on 4 Feb 2011.
- ^ Transnational Pilot River Basin at http://eagri.cz/public. Accessed on 4 Feb 2011.
- ^ Dekret z dnia 26 października 1945 r. o ustanowieniu "Medalu za Odrę, Nissę, Bałtyk" (Dz. U. z 1945 r. Nr 50, poz. 285)
External links
- Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law Peace Palace Library
- Closed Germany-Poland bridges
Odra Vistula Lagoon Baltic Sea Categories:- Oder basin
- International rivers of Europe
- Rivers of Poland
- Rivers of the Liberec Region
- Rivers of Brandenburg
- Rivers of Saxony
- Jablonec nad Nisou District
- Liberec District
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- Geography of Lusatia
- Germany–Poland border
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