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tribes, reached to the left banks of the Queiß-Kwisa. After the partition of the march in 965, the lands west of the river belonged to the Imperial
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in 1158, accompanied by the royal title. Meanwhile, the territory east of the Kwisa had been incorporated into the Polish
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Together with the lower Bóbr, the Kwisa was therefore one of the rivers considered as a possible marker of the Polish–
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further extended the Polish reach of power to the west, campaigning the Milceni lands around
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in 1138, which after the Emperor's 1163 expedition to Poland was held by the
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Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
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Information on the Kwisa from the Nowogrodziec official website
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in 1031 and again held by the Meissen margraves until King
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massif it turns northwards, flowing along the towns of
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from 1274—in the east and Upper Lusatia in the west.
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For most of its length it is in 14: 1853: 1592:Moravian–Silesian Football League 1801: 1800: 1783: 1778: 1216: 984: 403:), which after several years of 230: 27: 341: 1044:Silesian Voivodeship (1920–39) 259:) is a river in south-western 1: 1707:Schlesien Unvergessene Heimat 646: 595:1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite 496: 426:, was reconquered by Emperor 84:Physical characteristics 1842:Rivers of Lubusz Voivodeship 1571:Pentecostal Church in Poland 1002: 681:Obniżenie Milicko-Głogowskie 334:, but it also flows through 306:, where it is dammed at the 48:Confluence of Kwisa and Bóbr 7: 1346: 1234: 731:Silesian-Moravian Foothills 554: 10: 1858: 1754:Silesian Autonomy Movement 1397:Silesian Museum (Katowice) 726:Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands 438:, his ally in the looming 332:Lower Silesian Voivodeship 263:, a left tributary of the 73:Lower Silesian Voivodeship 1796: 1776: 1748:Landsmannschaft Schlesien 1734: 1698: 1680: 1673: 1621: 1614: 1579: 1543: 1405: 1363: 1356: 1352: 1341: 1317: 1293:Upper Silesian Coal Basin 1288:Lower Silesian Coal Basin 1278:Bielski Okręg Przemysłowy 1270: 1244: 1240: 1229: 1214: 1186: 1145: 1118: 1111: 1019: 1012: 1008: 997: 982: 933: 870: 842: 835: 803:Moravian-Silesian Beskids 785: 749: 676:Lower Silesian Wilderness 658: 654: 641: 562: 549: 391:until 992. 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Gryfów Śląski

Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship
Jizera Mountains
50°51′8″N 15°24′9″E / 50.85222°N 15.40250°E / 50.85222; 15.40250
Mouth
Bóbr
Żelisław
51°34′33″N 15°23′39″E / 51.57583°N 15.39417°E / 51.57583; 15.39417
Bóbr
Oder
Baltic Sea

German
Upper Sorbian
[ˈhwʲistʃ]
Poland
Bóbr
Oder
Jizera Mountains
Western Sudetes
Czech Republic
Smrk
Świeradów-Zdrój
Mirsk
Gryfów Śląski
Leśna

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