Neisse

Neisse (nīsˈə), two rivers of SW Poland. The Glatzer Neisse (glätˈsər), 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 (louˈzĭtˌsər) or Lusatian Neisse (lo͞osāˈshən), 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.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Neisse

(Polish, Nysa Łużycka; Czech, Lužická Nisa), a river in Western Europe, a left tributary of the Oder (Odra). The river is 256 km long and drains an area of 4,200 sq km. Rising on the southern slopes of the Jizerské Hory in Czechoslovakia, it flows along the western edge of the Sudetes and enters a plain below Görlitz. There are freshets, and the average discharge is about 30 cu m per sec. The largest cities along the river are Liberec in Czechoslovakia, Zittau and Görlitz in the German Democratic Republic, and Gubin in Poland. The river is navigable as far as Gubin. The Neisse forms a large part of the boundary between Poland and the German Democratic Republic.

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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Poole reported that in May 1916 at the officer POW camp in Neisse: 'we bought a cinematograph from the Germans, and used to give shows three nights a week'.

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He hoped to assign a large swath of German land east of the Oder and Neisse rivers--including almost all of Silesia--to a resurrected Polish state.

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The town of Bily Kostel nad Nisou, on the Neisse river in the north of the country, was flooded for a second time in a week.