Lusatian Neisse


The Lusatian Neisse, or Western Neisse, is a long river in Central Europe. Its drainage basin area is, of which in Poland. It rises in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after, and later forming the Polish-German border for a length of. The Lusatian Neisse is a left-bank tributary of the river Oder, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn north of the towns of Guben and Gubin.
According to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II, the river became part of the Polish western border with Germany. Being the longest and most notable of the three rivers named Neisse or Nysa and Raging Neisse ), it is simply referred to as the Neisse.

Name

Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia, the adjective "Lusatian" or "Western" before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating this border river from the Eastern Neisse and the smaller Raging Neisse, both in Poland.

Towns and villages

At Bad Muskau the Neisse flows through Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cities and towns on the river from source to mouth include:
Right bank:
Left bank: