Mała Wisełka
Mała Wisełka Polska Wisła, Mała Wisła | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 36m |
Mouth | |
• location | Vistula |
• coordinates | 53°0′9″N 18°35′51″E / 53.00250°N 18.59750°E |
Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Vistula→ Baltic Sea |
Mała Wisełka (the former Polska Wisła, German: Polnische Weichsel) is a branch of the Vistula river in the town of Toruń in Poland. It translates literally from Polish as very small Vistula.
The Vistula and the Mała Wisełka are forming the island Kępa Bazarowa (German: Bazar-Kämpe).
History
The
Since 1500, the wooden German Bridge was leading from the Bridge Gate (Brama Mostowa) of Toruń to Kępa Bazarowa. The Polish Bridge was crossing the Polish Vistula (Polska Wisła). The length of the bridges had been 220 and 339 meters. The wooden German bridge to the island was destroyed in 1877 and replaced by a steam ferry.[2] [1]
The Vistula was regulated in the 19th century. Some
Places
The former hamlet on Kępa Bazarowa was called Majdany.[1] In the 16th century, Podgórz on the southern bank got the rights as a town. Nowadays the eastern part of the Mała Wisełka is the border between the districts (dzielnica) Piaski and Rudak of the city of Toruń.
Bridges
In interwar Poland the bridge over the Mała Wisełka was replaced by a modern bridge. It was renovated in 2015. In 1873, Johann Wilhelm Schwedler completed the combined road and railway bridge, nowadays as Ernest Malinowski Bridge leading the railway across the eastern part of the island and the Mała Wisełka.[2] In 1934, the Józef Piłsudski Bridge was completed. The National road DK 15 is crossing the western tip of the island.