Wierzyca
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Wierzyca heel Wierzësa |
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 The river at Zamek Kiszewski ( Kischau Castle ) |
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| location | Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland | |
| River system | Vistula | |
| Drain over | Vistula → Baltic Sea | |
| source | Lake east of Kościerzyna ( Berent ) | |
| muzzle | at Gniew ( Mewe ) in the Vistula Coordinates: 53 ° 49 ′ 55 " N , 18 ° 50 ′ 10" E 53 ° 49 ′ 55 " N , 18 ° 50 ′ 10" E
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| length | 112 km | |
| Left tributaries | Wietcisa ( Fietze ) | |
| Right tributaries | Piesienica ( Pischnitza ), Węgiermuca | |
| Medium-sized cities | Starogard Gdański | |
The Wierzyca ( Kashubian : Wierzësa , German heel , earlier verse ) is a left tributary of the Vistula (Wisła) in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship .
The Wierzyca comes from a lake east of Kościerzyna ( Berent ). It is made of two arms, one of which is in Okoniner forest district and the other in the bar Walder forest district arises. It flows in a southeasterly direction towards Stara Kiszewa ( Old Kischau ), happened shortly after the German Order Castle Kischau , the village turns northeast Chwôrzno ( Schwarzin ) east to the village Pogódki ( Pogutken ), takes little later, the benefits accruing from the north Wietcisa ( Fietze ), then flows in a north-easterly direction to the village of Górne Maliki ( Obermahlkau ), then continues its course in a south-easterly direction via Starogard Gdański ( Prussian Stargard ) and flows into the Vistula at Gniew ( Mewe ).
The river, which lies in Kashubia , has a length of 112 kilometers.
The largest tributary is the Wietcisa ( Fietze ), a left tributary that flows into the Wierzyca south of Skarszewy ( Schöneck ).
literature
- August Eduard Preuss : Prussian country and folklore or description of Prussia. A manual for primary school teachers in the province of Prussia, as well as for all friends of the fatherland . Bornträger Brothers, Königsberg 1835, p. 28, No. 4.
