Knajka

Knajka
Knajka
	Knajka on a map from 1724
Location
Country	Poland
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Chełm Hill, Silesian Foothills
• elevation	354 m (1,161 ft)
Mouth
• location	Vistula
• coordinates	49°54′18″N 18°45′30″E / 49.9051°N 18.7584°E
Length	17 km (11 mi) or 19 km (12 mi)
Basin size	68.6 km2 (26.5 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	‹See Tfd› Vistula→ Baltic Sea

Knajka is a stream in the Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It is a left-bank tributary of the Vistula, which it enters just south of Strumień. Its length is variously said to be either 17 kilometres (11 mi)^[1] or 19 kilometres (12 mi).^[3] It flows through Ogrodzona, Kostkowice, Dębowiec, Knaj and Bąków. Numerous fish ponds are located alongside it.

The name of the river is derived from a word knieja denoting a wild, dense forest.^[4]

Notes

1 2 3 4 Chwastek, Eugeniusz (May–June 2005). "Co z tą Knajką" (PDF). Dębowieści. 3 (55): 9. ISSN 1641-5477. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
↑ Mróz, Henryk (1997). "Środowisko geograficzne polskiego Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Śląsk Cieszyński. Środowisko naturalne. Cieszyn: Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. p. 24. ISBN 83-903589-9-9.
1 2 3 "Plan Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego Województwa Śląskiego" (PDF) (in Polish). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
↑ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 91. ISSN 0208-6336.

Chwastek, Eugeniusz (May–June 2005). "Co z tą Knajką" (PDF). Dębowieści. 3 (55): 9. ISSN 1641-5477. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2011-01-15.

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