Radunia

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Radunia
Radaune
The Radaune (Radunia) flows steeply in partly narrow valleys.

The Radaune (Radunia) flows steeply in partly narrow valleys.

Data
location Poland
River system Vistula
origin Jezioro Stężyckie (Stendsitzer Lake), Stężyca
54 ° 11 ′ 43 ″  N , 17 ° 56 ′ 48 ″  E
muzzle Motława , Krępiec Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 48 "  N , 18 ° 41 ′ 12"  E 54 ° 18 ′ 48 "  N , 18 ° 41 ′ 12"  E

length 103.2 km
Catchment area 837 km²
Medium-sized cities Pruszcz Gdański
Small towns Żukowo

The Radunia ( German  Radaune ; Kashubian Reduniô ) is a river in Pomerellen in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship .

It rises in the Radaune Lake (Jezioro Raduńskie Górne ) or Stendsitzer Lake ( Jezioro Stężyckie ) near Stężyca ( Stendsitz ) in the center of Kashubian Switzerland . Researchers are of the opinion that the name can be derived from Prussian “raudas”: reddish (cf. Latvian “rauda”: roach ). The Prussian name Raudune dates from 1316, while the river name appears in Pomeranian documents as Raduna as early as 1212.

The Radaune flows into the Mottlau ( Motława ) at Krępiec ( Krampitz ) , which in turn flows into the Vistula at Gdańsk ( Danzig ) . The length of the Rdaune is 103.2 km, the area of ​​the catchment area 837 km². The difference in altitude from the source to the mouth is 162 m. The towns on the river include Żukowo ( Zuckau ) and Pruszcz Gdański ( Praust ), a town with around 22,000 inhabitants.

Better known is the Radaunekanal (Kanał Raduni), which was built in Prussia in the 14th century under the rule of the Teutonic Order to supply Gdansk with water. It branches off from the river near the city of Praust, leads directly to Gdansk, where it operated the large mill and several other businesses in Gdansk's old town until 1945 . After flowing around the right town and the old town in an arc, it flows north of the old town into the Motlawa.

In the years 1910–1937 eight hydropower plants were built on the Radaune ; their total output is 14  MW .

The Jar Rzeki Raduni nature reserve was established on a part of the river course with a length of approx. 6 km . Its area is 84.24  hectares .

literature

  • August Eduard Preuss : Prussian country and folklore or description of Prussia. A manual for elementary school teachers in the province of Prussia, as well as for all friends of the fatherland . Bornträger brothers, Königsberg 1835, p. 29 and p. 52 .
  • Radaune (encyclopedia entry). In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition, 16th volume, Leipzig and Vienna 1908, p. 547.
  • Wilhelm Brauer: Prussian settlements west of the Vistula: Attempt at an etymological interpretation of local field names. J.-G.-Herder-Bibliothek Siegerland, Siegen 1983
  • Wilhelm Reinhold Brauer: Baltic-Prussian settlements west of the Vistula. Nicolaus-Copernicus-Verlag, Münster 1988
  • Georg Gerullis: The old Prussian place names. Berlin / Leipzig 1922

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