Chełst

Chełst Chaustbach
Jezioro Sarbsko (Sarbsk Lake)
Data
location	Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland
River system	Łeba
Drain over	Leba  → Baltic Sea
River basin district	Vistula
source	near the village of Gościęcino (Gmina Choczewo ) 54 ° 40 ′ 22 ″  N , 17 ° 49 ′ 36 ″  E
muzzle	to Leba in the small town of Łeba (Leba) Coordinates: 54 ° 45 ′ 38 ″  N , 17 ° 32 ′ 54 ″  E 54 ° 45 ′ 38 ″  N , 17 ° 32 ′ 54 ″  E
length	31.8 km
Flowing lakes	Jezioro Sarbsko (Sarbsk Lake)
Small towns	Łeba (Leba)

The Chełst (German Chaust or Chaustbach ) is a river in the Polish province of Pomerania north-northeast of the city Lębork ( Lauenburg ) springs and shortly before its confluence with the Baltic Sea in the Leba ( Leba flows).

geography

The 31.8 km long river rises near the village Gościęcino (Gmina Choczewo , until 1938 Chottschow ), which was known as Gossentin before the Second World War , first flows through the villages of Zwartowo (Schwartow) and Ciekocino (Zackenzin) in a northerly direction, turns away in the near the Baltic coast near the lighthouse Stilo westward flowing behind the coastal dunes to the lake Sarbsko ( Sarbsko lake ) and then flows in the center of the small town of the same name in the Łeba.