The Łyna (; ; ; - ''Lava''), is a
river that begins in northern
Poland's
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and ends in
Russia's
Kaliningrad Oblast.
The Łyna is a
tributary of the
Pregolya River, and has a total length of 264 km (207 km in Poland and 57 km in Russia) and a basin area of 7,126 km² (5,298 km² in Poland).
Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 It is connected to Lake Mamry
Mamry (, ) is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of Poland's Warmia-Mazury Province. It is the second largest lake in Poland, with an area of 104 km2. The lake's maximum depth is 44 m with an average depth of 11 m.
It actually comprises ...
by the 18th-century Masurian Canal
The Masurian Canal ( pl, Kanał Mazurski, russian: Канал Мазурский, german: Masurischer Kanal) is an unfinished 50.4 km long canal connecting the Łyna River in Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia (a tributary of the Pregolya) and Lake Ma ...
.
In historical terms, the river fell within the area of the medieval Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights established in the 13th century. The adjacent territory became later known as East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
, and then an easternmost province of Germany until 1945 when, in accordance with border changes promulgated at the Potsdam Conference, it was split between Poland and the Soviet Union.
Cities and towns founded by the Teutonic Knights along the river Łyna (''Alnā'') include:
References
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Kaliningrad Oblast
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