Drwęca

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The Drwęca [' drvɛntsa ] ( German Drewenz ) is a right tributary of the Vistula River, in northern Poland.

The river rises about eight kilometers southwest of Olsztynek ( Hohenstein ) and initially flows in a northwesterly direction to Ostróda ( Osterode ), then in a westerly direction through the Drewenzer See ( Jezioro Drwęckie ), in the Masurian Lake District and finally heads south to south-westerly direction until it finally flows on the southeastern border of Toruń ( Thorn ) in the Vistula. With 253 km length is the Drwęca the 17th - longest in the rivers of Poland. Its catchment area is about 5536 km ².

The 1840-1856 built Uplands channel (Polish Elblaskie Canal ) connects the Drwęca about Miłomłyn ( Liebemühl ) Ostróda ( Osterode ) and Elbląg ( Elbing ) to the Vistula Lagoon.

The 30 kilometer section of the river between Brodnica ( Strasburg ) and Lubicz ( Leibitsch ) shortly before Thorn marked in the history several times a part of the north western border of Poland.

Cities:

• Ostróda ( Osterode )
• Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (Neumark (West Prussia) )
• Brodnica ( Strasburg )
• Golub- Dobrzyń

Tributaries:

• Shaft (shaft )
• Grabiczek ( Grabiczka )

• River in Europe
• River in Poland
• Vistula river system
• Geography ( Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship )
• Geography ( Kujawsko - Pomerania )