SourceThe Neisse river near the village of Ratzdorf (D) at the confluence in the Oder river. View to PolandThe Neisse river near the village of Ratzdorf (D) at the confluence in the Oder river. View to Poland
Itsdrainage basin covers 4,403 km2 (1,700 sq mi), of which 2,201 km2 (850 sq mi) is in Poland, the rest is mainly in Germany.[6] The river reaches thetripoint of the three nations byZittau, a German town/city, after 54 kilometres (34 mi), leaving the Czech Republic.[6] It is aleft-bank tributary of the Oder, into which it flows betweenNeißemünde-Ratzdorf andKosarzyn – north of the towns ofGuben andGubin. The river was a motivations to foundGubin as a craftmanship and trading port in the 13th Century.[7]
It is the longest and most watered of the three rivers of its non-adjectival name in both the main languages (the two other rivers being theEastern Neisse (Polish:Nysa Kłodzka;German:Glatzer Neiße) andRaging Neisse (Polish:Nysa Szalona; German:Wütende Neiße orJauersche Neiße)). It is usually simply referred to as theNeisse.
Since the river runs through the historic region ofLusatia, the adjective "Lusatian" or "Western" before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating thisborder river from theEastern Neisse (Polish:Nysa Kłodzka, German:Glatzer Neiße) and the smallerRaging Neisse (Polish:Nysa Szalona; German:Wütende Neiße orJauersche Neiße), both in Poland.
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^McKenna, Amy (2014).Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, Britannica Guide to Countries of the EU, New York, p. 193.ISBN978-1-61530-991-7.
^Neisse River at www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.
