Neisse
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Polish name: Nysa. Also called: Glatzer Neisse. a river in SW Poland, rising on the northern Czech border, and flowing northeast to join the Oder near Brzeg. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)
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Also called: Lusatian Neisse. a river in E Europe, rising near Liberec in the Czech Republic and flowing north to join the Oder: forms part of the German–Polish border. Length: 225 km (140 miles)
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LEKNICA, Poland — The woman busing tables at a restaurant in this town just across the Neisse River from Germany seemed different from the other people working there.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022
"One of the most important factors for the economics of a project like this is sticking to the original schedule," says Eric Neisse, a deputy manager at Areva-China.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2010
After World War II, the Soviet Union bit off a large chunk of eastern Poland and compensated for it by moving Poland's border with Germany westward to the banks of the Oder and Neisse rivers.
From Time Magazine Archive
For their part, millions of West Germans bitterly demand back the "lost territories" east of the Oder and Neisse rivers taken away from Germany by the Communists after World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
After brief absence, Frederick is soon back in Silesia, to pay attention to blockaded Glogau and Brieg and Neisse; harassed, however, by Austrian Pandours out of Glatz, a troublesome kind of cavalry.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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