Lubsza (river)

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Lubsza
Lubst, Lubis
Map with the course of the Lubsza (top left)

Map with the course of the Lubsza (top left)

Data
location Lubusz Voivodeship , Poland
River system Or
Drain over Lusatian Neisse  → Oder  → Stettiner Haff
source near the village of Olbrachtów and the city of Żary , Poland
51 ° 38 ′ 59.9 ″  N , 15 ° 6 ′ 21.1 ″  E
Source height 180  m above sea level 
muzzle in Gubin in the Lusatian Neisse Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 14 ° 43 ′ 17 ″  E 51 ° 57 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 14 ° 43 ′ 17 ″  E

length 66.4 km
Catchment area 914.1 km²
Small towns Jasień , Lubsko
Navigable not navigable

The Lubsza ( German Lubst , Luba or Lubis , Lower Sorbian Lubuša ) is a 66.4 km long right tributary of the Lusatian Neisse in the Polish voivodeship of Lebus and at the same time the largest river in its catchment area. The name Luba comes from the Old Sorbian luba = the friendly .

The Lubsza with a catchment area of ​​914.1 km² rises with several source rivers at an altitude of 180 m northwest of the village of Olbrachtów ( Albrechtsdorf ) and west of the city of Żary ( Sorau ). After a rough flow direction north, after a third of its course it turns northwest, takes on several tributaries and flows into Gubin opposite the district court of Guben at 46 m above sea level. NN in the Neisse.

The Lubsza flows through pine forests and swampy valleys and through the towns of Jasień ( alleys ), Lubsko ( summer field ) and Gubin. In the past it repeatedly caused floods, for example in 1568, 1689 and 1740. In the 1840s it was partially regulated when the Berlin – Wroclaw railway was built .

Today the Lubsza is heavily polluted by agricultural sewage. This did not change with the construction of a sewage treatment plant in Lubsko, as only part of the wastewater is treated.

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