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Neisse
(Encyclopedia)Neisse lo͞osāˈshən [key], Czech Lužická Nisa, Pol. Nysa Łużycka, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rises in the Sudetes, N central Czech Republic, and flows generally N to the Oder River near Guben, Ger...Görlitzer Neisse
(Encyclopedia)Görlitzer Neisse, river: see Neisse, river. ...Glatzer Neisse
(Encyclopedia)Glatzer Neisse, river: see under Neisse. ...Lusatian Neisse
(Encyclopedia)Lusatian Neisse, river: see under Neisse. ...Lausitzer Neisse
(Encyclopedia)Lausitzer Neisse: see under Neisse, river. ...Oder-Neisse line
(Encyclopedia)Oder-Neisse line, frontier established in 1945 between Germany and Poland; it followed the Oder and W Neisse rivers from the Baltic Sea to the Czechoslovak border. The boundary, desired by most Poles ...Nisa
(Encyclopedia)Nisa, rivers: see Neisse, rivers of Poland. ...Görlitz
(Encyclopedia)Görlitz görˈlĭts [key], city, Saxony, E Germany, on the Görlitzer Neisse River, at the P...Jablonec nad Nisou
(Encyclopedia)Jablonec nad Nisou yäˈblônĕts nät nĭˈsôo͝o [key], Ger. Gablonz, city (1991 pop. 45,937), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Lausitzer Neisse. It produces high-quality glassware, jew...Zittau
(Encyclopedia)Zittau tsĭtˈou [key], city (1994 pop. 30,874), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Lusatian Neisse River, near the Polish and Czech borders. It is a road and rail hub and a center for the environmenta...Browse by Subject
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