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15-753: The Warta connects to the Vistula via its own tributary, the Noteć , and the Bydgoszcz Canal ( Polish : Kanał Bydgoski ) near the city of Bydgoszcz . The Warta rises in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland at Kromołów in Zawiercie , Silesian Voivodeship , flows through Łódź Land , Greater Poland and Lubusz Land , where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn at the border with Germany. The Greater Warta Basin defines

30-668: A large-scale drainage and land amelioration were developed under King Frederick William I of Prussia in 1738/39, though not carried out until after the Seven Years' War in 1763. After the First Partition of Poland in 1772 the adjacent Greater Polish lands up the river were annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia as the Netze District . The territory, created by the Prussian administration,

45-727: Is a river in central Poland with a length of 391 km (243 mi) (7th longest) and a basin area of 17,302 km (6,680 sq mi). It is the largest tributary of the Warta river and lies completely within Poland. It rises in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and flows through Lake Gopło and the town of Inowrocław . It reaches the voivodeship of Greater Poland in the historic Pałuki region south of Piła . Further down in Lubusz Voivodeship , it empties into

60-765: The Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of the Greater Poland Province . The voivodeship comprised the western part of the former Duchy of Greater Poland with its historic capital Poznań . As the westernmost part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it bordered on the Neumark region of the Imperial Margraviate of Brandenburg in the west, the Bohemian crown land of Silesia in

75-455: The Warta river into two almost equal halves, made western part of Greater Poland. Its area was 294 sq. miles, divided into Poznań County (162 sq. miles), Kościan County (92 sq. miles), Wałcz County behind the Noteć river (30 sq. miles), and the Land of Wschowa (9 sq. miles). In the mid-16th century, it had 259 Roman-Catholic parishes. Most densely populated was the Land of Wschowa, while Wałcz County

90-655: The Warta at Santok near Gorzów Wielkopolski . The river is usually subdivided into an upper part (Noteć Górna), running from its source to Nakło , and a lower part (Noteć Dolna) from Nakło to its mouth into the Warta River. At Nakło, the Bydgoszcz Canal , built in 1773/74, connects the Noteć River with the Brda river, a tributary of the Vistula , at Bydgoszcz . The lower sections down from

105-550: The area along the lower Noteć was finally incorporated into the Brandeburg Neumark region. For centuries, the border with the Greater Polish Poznań Voivodeship ran between Drezdenko ( Driesen ) and Krzyż upstream in the east. Under the rule of Elector Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg from about 1603, the fortress was rebuilt and further settlements were erected within the wetlands. First plans for

120-638: The border between the Kingdom of Poland and the lands of the Pomeranian tribes on the Baltic coast. Disputed for centuries, the fortresses of Santok and Drezdenko finally were acquired by Margrave Conrad of Brandenburg on the occasion of his wedding with Constance of Poznań , daughter of the Piast duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland , in 1260. After several unsuccessful attempts by the Polish Piasts to regain control,

135-570: The mouth of the Drawa (near Krzyż Wielkopolski ) are located within the broad Toruń-Eberswalde Urstromtal . These large wetlands , with only two historic river crossings at Santok and Drezdenko , are sparsely populated. Most portions of the Noteć are navigable. Several locks and dams connect the Vistula and the Warta/Oder waterways. In medieval times, the impenetrable marshes of the lower Noteć River formed

150-499: The province of South Prussia . Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Poznań Voivodeship: "Poznań Voivodeship, together with Kalisz and Kuyavia , was in the ancient times inhabited by the Polans . As early as the times of Bolesław Chrobry , the Land of Poznań had its own voivodes , while the city of Poznań itself

165-606: The site of early Poland; it is said that the tribe of Western Polans ( Polish : Polanie ) settled the Warta Basin between the 6th and 8th century. The river is also mentioned in the second stanza of the Polish national anthem, " Poland Is Not Yet Lost ". This article related to a river in Poland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Note%C4%87 The Noteć ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈnɔtɛtɕ] ; German : Netze , Latin : Natissis )

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180-624: The south and the Duchy of Pomerania in the north. The adjacent Greater Polish area in the east belonged to the Kalisz Voivodeship . The Northern outpost of Drahim was pawned to Brandenburg-Prussia according to the 1657 Treaty of Bromberg . In the course of the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the voivodeship lost the northern area around Wałcz to the Prussian Netze District , the remains were annexed in 1793 and incorporated into

195-468: Was again ceded to newly established Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, but fell back to Prussia by resolution of the Vienna Congress in 1815. Pozna%C5%84 Voivodeship (14th century to 1793) Poznań Voivodeship 14th century to 1793 ( Latin : Palatinatus Posnaniensis , Polish : Województwo Poznańskie ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to

210-599: Was covered by vast forests. Poznań Voivodeship had nine senators. These were: the Bishop of Poznań, the Voivode of Poznań and the Castellan of Poznań, as well as six minor castellans – those of Miedzyrzecz , Rogoźno , Srem , Przemecz, Krzywin and Santok . The Land of Wschowa had its own starosta , as well as its separate civil servants (...) The sejmiks for both Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships took place in Środa Wielkopolska , where

225-602: Was main gord of the ancient Lechia (...) When, following the Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty Poland was divided among his sons, for more than 150 years Greater Poland was a separate duchy. In 1305 it was united with the Kingdom of Poland , by Wladyslaw Lokietek , who turned it into a voivodeship (...) In 1346, King Casimir the Great took control of the Wschowa Land , uniting it with Poznań Voivodeship. The voivodeship, split by

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