Wisłok

The Wisłok ( German also Weisslok, Weisslog ) is a river in the Eastern Carpathians in southeastern Poland. It springs (like the Wisłoka ) in the Niederbeskiden ( Bieszczady ) and flows ( German: Saan ) at Dębno (municipality Leżajsk ) in the San. The Wisłok has a length of 220 km, the catchment area is 3540 km ².

Important tributaries

• Wisłok (German Weissloge, Weissloh ) Mleczka ( Deutsch. Milchbach )
• Morwowa (German Morbach, Moorbach )
• Pielnica (German Piella, Pella )
• Ropny Potok (German Rathkow, 1518)
• Stobnica (German Stobnitz )
• Tabor (German Taber )

The German name forms have long been no longer in use.

History

The river's name was first mentioned in the late 14th century ( 1372 Visloka, 1390 Wislok, 1410 Wyslok ). In the Middle Ages ( to 1340 ) made ​​the river the approximate boundary between the Kingdom of Poland and Kievan Rus, then within Poland, the border between the provinces of Little Poland ( Malopolska ) and Rotruthenien ( Ruś Czerwona ).

On Wisłok villages

• Babica
• Czudec ( German: Schiedenz )
• Frysztak ( German: Freistadt, 1374 )
• Gorliczyn ( German: Gorieczdorf, 14th century)
• Haczów ( German: Hanschoff, 1388 )
• Krosno ( German: Krusty, 1358 )
• Korczyna ( German: Kotkenhau, 1410)
• Krościenko Wyżne ( German: Krosschen, 14th century)
• Łańcut ( German: Landshut, 14th century)
• Michałówka ( German: Michilsdorf, 14th century)
• Odrzykoń ( German: Errenberg, 1402)
• Białobrzegi ( German: Palversee, 1410)
• Rzeszów
• Strzyżów
• Tryncza
• Wiśniowa

The German name forms have long been no longer in use.