
The Leniwka (, German : ''Mühlengraben'') is the former name
of the western branch of the
Vistula
The Vistula (; ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra i ...
(now Vistula) in northern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. It is long, and flows into
Gdańsk Bay, forming the borders of
Sobieszewo Island. The Leniwka begins behind the lock in
Biała Góra, where the
Nogat, the eastern branch, also originates. The current
Martwa Wisła is part of the Leniwka.
Towns and villages on the Leniwka include:
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Piekło
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Biała Góra
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Tczew
Tczew (, formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). It is the capital of Tczew County and the largest city of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within th ...
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Lisewo Malborskie
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Koźliny
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Ostaszewo
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Kiezmark
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Drewnica
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Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
** Gdańska Głowa
** Przegalina
** Świbno
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Mikoszewo
References
Rivers of Poland
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