Bóbr
Bóbr | |
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![]() Bóbr near Janowice Wielkie | |
River course in Poland | |
Location | |
Countries | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bobr, Žacléř 50°40′51″N 15°54′31″E / 50.68083°N 15.90861°E |
Mouth | Oder at Krosno Odrzańskie 52°3′2″N 15°4′19″E / 52.05056°N 15.07194°E |
Length | 279 km (173 mi) |
Basin size | 5,874 km2 (2,268 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 44.8 m3/s (1,580 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Oder→ Baltic Sea |
The Bóbr (Czech: Bobr, German: Bober, ) is a river which carries water through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland. It is a left tributary of the Oder.[1]
Course
The Bóbr has a length of 279 kilometres (173 mi) (3 in Czech Republic, 276 in Poland, 10th longest Polish river) and a basin area of 5,874 square kilometres (2,268 sq mi) (44 in Czech Republic and 5,830 in Poland).
Shortly after the river crosses the border to Polish
History
Since the Middle Ages the lower Bóbr river north of Żagań and the Kwisa confluence marked the border between the historic regions of Silesia in the east and
The Polish territorial sovereignty was acknowledged to Duke
The river became an internal border, when the Luxembourg king John of Bohemia step-by-step vassalized the Piast dukes of Silesia and incorporated their lands with the consent of King Casimir III of Poland by the 1335 Treaty of Trentschin, whereafter both Lusatia in the west and Silesia in the east became Lands of the Bohemian Crown.
During the
Towns
- Lubawka
- Kamienna Góra
- Jelenia Góra
- Wleń
- Lwówek Śląski
- Bolesławiec
- Szprotawa
- Małomice
- Żagań
- Nowogród Bobrzański
- Krosno Odrzańskie
- Pstrąże
Bóbr dam
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Pilchowice_dam_winter_01.jpg/220px-Pilchowice_dam_winter_01.jpg)
The Pilchowice Dam (Polish: Jezioro Pilchowickie, German: Talsperre Mauer) was built from 1904 to 1912 in the northern Krkonoše range near Jelenia Góra. Then the largest in Europe, surpassing even the Urft Dam built in 1905, it created a reservoir of about 4 km (2.5 mi) length.
The masonry structure was erected on a
Protections
Parts of the Bóbr river valley is protected area in some form or another, and the river itself originates from the Krkonoše National Park in Czech Republic, close to the border with Poland. Protections in the Bóbr valley area include:
See also
- Rivers of Poland
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Statistics Poland, p. 85-86