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The Or is a 866 km long Central European River flowing in Czech Republic rises, then through Poland flows and partly the border between Poland and Germany forms. In Poland it flows through the voivodeships Silesia, Opole, Lower Silesia, Lebus and West Pomerania. It flows through the mouth area Szczecin Lagoon in the Baltic Sea.
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Measured from the source, the Oder is not the longest source river in the river system. The Warta is more than 800 km long from the source to the confluence with the Oder. Other tributaries are the Olsa from the Silesian Beskids, the Glatzer Neisse from the Glatzer snow mountains, the Bartsch out Greater Poland Lake District, the Tan from the Sudeten Foreland, the pasture, the Katzbach from the Bober-Katzbach Mountains, the Bober from the Giant Mountains and the Lusatian Neisse from the Jizera Mountains.
River course
Czech Republic
- 1 Or source is located at 634 m on Fidlův Kopec (Fiedelhübel) in the Oder Mountains on the military training area Libavá, about 20 kilometers east of Olomouc in in Czech Republic. The spring is open all year round, with the exception of practice periods 1 Kozlov Can be reached from via the red marked hiking trail.
- 2 Bohumín -
- 3 Ostrava (Ostrau) - third largest city in the Czech Republic. An industrial city with numerous architectural and technical sights.
Poland
Silesia
Opole
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Lower Silesia
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- 11 Oława
- 12 Jelcz-Laskowice
- 13 Siechnice
- 14 Wroclaw. - The city was rebuilt in an exemplary manner after being almost completely destroyed in World War II and is now considered one of the most beautiful in Poland.
- The Oder is a navigable waterway in Wroclaw, where excursion boats sail on the widely branched branches of the Oder. Moorings 1 Marina Topacz, 2 Kardynalska, 3 Zatoka Gondoli, 4 Przystań Zwierzyniecka, 5 zoo
- 15 Brzeg Dolny
- 16 Lubiąż
- 17 Ścinawa
- 18 Szlichtyngowa
- 19 Głogów
Lebus
Border river
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- 3 Oder-Spree Canal
- 23 Eisenhuettenstadt
- 24 Frankfurt (Oder) and opposite 25 Slubice
- 26 Lebus
- 27 Kostrzyn nad Odrą and 28 Küstrin-Kietz
West Pomerania
- 29 Cedynia
- 4 Oder-Havel Canal
- 30 Schwedt / Oder
- 31 Gartz (Or)
- 32 Gryfino
- 33 Szczecin
- 34 Police (West Pomeranian Voivodeship)
Stettiner Haff and estuary arms
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At the
- 36 Wolin (city)
- 37 Nowe Warpno
- 38 Ueckermünde
At the Peenestrom
- 39 Usedom (city)
- 40 Lassan
- 41 Wolgast
- 42 Peenemünde
At the Swine
At the Dziwna |
- 44 Kamień Pomorski
- 45 Dziwnów
activities
Water sports (houseboat, kayak / canoe), excursion boats, cycling, hiking. Through canals she is with the Elbe in the west and the Vistula (Bydgoszcz Canal) connected, which creates a large area for water hiking.
See also
literature
See article too Poland.