Poltwa (bow)

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Poltwa
Course of the Poltva within Lviv

Course of the Poltva within Lviv

Data
location Lviv Oblast , Ukraine
River system Vistula
Drain over Bug  → Narew  → Vistula  → Baltic Sea
source in Lviv Pohulyanka Park
Source height approx.  350  m
muzzle at Busk in the bow
right muzzle arm: Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 34 ″  N , 24 ° 37 ′ 20 ″  E 49 ° 57 ′ 34 ″  N , 24 ° 37 ′ 20 ″  E
Mouth height 220  m
Height difference approx. 130 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.9 ‰
length approx. 70 km
Big cities Lviv
Here the Poltwa disappears underground

Here the Poltwa disappears underground

The Poltwa ( Ukrainian Полтва , Polish Pełtew , German rarely Polten or Pelten ) is a river in western Ukraine that crosses the city of Lviv underground.

Since Lviv is on the European watershed , all major rivers are far from the city.

The source of the 70 km long river is located in Lviv Pohulyanka Park, about 350 meters above sea level. In the Middle Ages, the river bed formed part of the moat along the city wall. The river flows further through the Roztocze range of hills and flows into the Bug River on the left, near the city of Busk at an altitude of 220 m above sea level. After leaving the Lviv city area, the Poltwa flows openly and receives some tributaries.

The Poltwa formed an island on today's Mickiewicz Square, on which there was a statue of the Virgin Mary. The open river bed, which carried sewage from the adjoining properties, posed a risk of epidemics for the residents, therefore, according to the decision of the city council at the end of the 19th century, it was enclosed in walls, vaulted and filled in, while the river bed was straightened in some sections. This created the main sewer of the urban mixed system . In addition to the underground course of the river, the building of the Lviv National Opera was built in the former marshland by the architect Zygmunt Gorgolewski from 1897 to 1900 . In the basement of the theater, the rushing of the river can still be heard.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Newly increased historical and geographic general Lexicon, Brandmüller, 1743