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Neisse

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Neisse (nīs`ə), two rivers of SW Poland. The

Glatzer Neisse (glät`sər), Pol. Nysa Kłodzka, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rises in the Sudetes, SW Poland, and winds generally NE past Kłodzko to the Oder River near Brzeg. A large dam at Otmuchow serves hydroelectric and irrigation projects. The

Lausitzer Neisse (lou`zĭt'sər) or Lusatian Neisse (lsā`shən), Czech Lužická Nisa, Pol. Nysa Łużycka, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rises in the Sudetes, N central Czech Republic, and flows generally N to the Oder River near Guben, Germany. Since 1945 it has formed part of the border between Germany and Poland. Görlitz, Germany, is the chief city on the river. It is also known as Görlitzer Neisse.

Neisse
1. a river in SW Poland, rising on the northern Czech border, and flowing northeast to join the Oder near Brzeg. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)
2. a river in E Europe, rising near Liberec in the Czech Republic and flowing north to join the Oder: forms part of the German-Polish border. Length: 225 km (140 miles)


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In a gallery of German Expressionism, the sour effect of Ludwig Meidner's 1913 portrait of Max Hermann Neisse was heightened by Horn's mustard-colored photograph.
Roni Horn: Art Institute of Chicago by Kirshner, Judith Russi / Artforum International
At this time, Wittenberg found itself in a Sorbian-speaking region, a Slavic territory that already from ancient times stretched between Berlin in the North and Dresden in the South, along the Neisse River.
Local Lutheran boy finally makes good, sixty years late by Zersen, David / Currents in Theology and Mission
One smuggling route from Asia goes through Moscow and Minsk to Poland, then across either one of the two rivers - Oder and Neisse - on Germany's eastern border.
EUROPE SEES RISE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION : GANGS SMUGGLE HUMAN CARGO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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