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1Lusatian Neisse  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 50.7297 / 15.2289
:''Neisse redirects here, for other meanings see Neisse (disambiguation)'' The Lusatian Neisse (; ; ; Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa'') is a river in the Czech Republic (54 km) and along the Polish-German border (198 km), in total 252 km long. It is a left tributary of the Oder River, into which it flows near Guben. It originates in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou (...)
2 Bad Muskau  
FeatureType :
Lat/Lng : 51.55 / 14.7167
Bad Muskau (formerly ''Muskau'', Sorbian: ') is a spa town in Upper Lusatia, Germany, being the site of the famous Park von Muskau. It is part of the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, in Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse, which forms the border between Poland and Germany, directly opposite the Polish town Łęknica. (...)
3 Park von Muskau  
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 51.55 / 14.725
The Muskauer Park (German common: Muskauer Park, officially: Fürst-Pückler-Park, Polish: Park Mużakowski), is the biggest and one of the most famous English-style parks of Germany and Poland. It covers 3.5 square kilometres of land in Poland and 2.1 in Germany. The park extends on both sides of the Lusatian Neisse river, which constitutes the border between the countries (...)
4 Spree  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 52.5194 / 13.3633
The Spree (Sorbian ''Sprowja''/''Sprewja'') is a river in Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Havel river and is approximately 400 kilometres in length. Its source is located in the Lusatian Hills (''Lausitzer Bergland'') on the Czech border (...)
5 Nysa, Poland  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 50.4667 / 17.3333
Nysa (until 1946: German ''Neisse'' or ''Neiße''); is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants (2006 official estimate), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Nysa Commune (''gmina''), a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants (...)
6 Poland  
FeatureType : country
Lat/Lng : 52.1469 / 19.3781
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe on the boundary between Eastern and Western European continental masses,Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2002-2007, [http://www.poland.gov.pl/Basic,information,279.html Polska: Basic information] and is considered by the United Nations a part of Eastern Europe (...)
7 Szczecin Lagoon  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 53.8044 / 14.1403
is an inland water basin situated in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea. It is shared by Germany and Poland. The ''Oder lagoon'' is also named after a seaport city which is about 20km upstream on the Oder, Lagoon/Bay of Stettin/Szczecin (, ). (...)
8 Słubice  
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Lat/Lng : 52.35 / 14.5667
, Poland. Located on the Oder river, directly opposite the city of Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany, of which it was a part until 1945 (as ''Dammvorstadt''). As of the 2001 census, the town had a total population of 16,909. Previously located in the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship (1975-1998), the town is currently the capital of Słubice County (...)
9 Gdańsk  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 54.35 / 18.6667
Gdańsk (Polish , is the sixth-largest city in Poland. Situated in the north of the country, it is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is also the largest city of the Cassubia region, however, through centuries it has forgotten about its "cassubianity" due to development and changes the city has been always experiencing because of its (...)
10 Szczecin  
FeatureType :
Lat/Lng : 53.4333 / 14.5333
in Szczecin |image_flag = POL Szczecin flag.svg |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = POL Szczecin COA.svg |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Poland (...)
11 Bolesławiec  
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Lat/Lng : 51.2667 / 15.5667
Bolesławiec ( with 40,837 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, Bolesławiec was previously in Jelenia Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the administrative seat of Bolesławiec County, and of Gmina Bolesławiec (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, the town being an urban gmina in its own right) (...)
12 Legnica  
FeatureType : city
Population : 106,143
Lat/Lng : 51.2167 / 16.1667
Legnica (, former Polish ''Lignica''; ) is a city on the Kaczawa river in Lower Silesia in south-western Poland. According to official figures for 2006, it has a total population of 105,485. Since 1999 Legnica has been part of Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 it was the administrative seat of the former Legnica Voivodeship) (...)
13 Frombork  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 54.3667 / 19.6833
Frombork is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, in Braniewo County, Warmia-Masuria Province. It had a population of 2,528 as of 2005. The former residence of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, the town and its 700-year-old cathedral were badly damaged in World War II. After the war, Frombork was meticulously reconstructed and is again a popular tourist destination. (...)
14 Führerbunker  
FeatureType : landmark
Lat/Lng : 52.5125 / 13.3811
--> The Führerbunker (German, literally meaning "shelter for the leader" or "the Führer's shelter") is a common name for a complex of subterranean rooms in Berlin, Germany, where German dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide during World War II. The bunker is perhaps the most famous of Hitler's Führer Headquarters; another famous one is the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) in East Prussia (...)
15 Świebodzin  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 52.25 / 15.5333
Świebodzin is a town in western Poland with 21,757 inhabitants (2004). The capital of Świebodzin County, it was part of the Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1975-98. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Świebodzin has been situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship (...)
16 Kłodzko  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 50.4333 / 16.65
Kłodzko (pronounce , , ) is a town in southwestern Poland, in the region of Lower Silesia. It is situated in the centre of the Kłodzko Valley, at the shores of the Nysa Kłodzka River. Kłodzko is the seat of Kłodzko County (and of the rural Gmina Kłodzko, although the town is a separate urban gmina), and is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship; until 1999 it had been in Wałbrzych (...)
17Orneta  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 54.1167 / 20.1333
, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 9,859 (as of 2007). (...)
18Łęknica  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 51.5333 / 14.7667
, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żary County. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, which forms the border between Poland and Germany, directly opposite the German town Bad Muskau. Its population numbers 2,648 (2004). (...)
19Werben  
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Lat/Lng : 52.8667 / 11.9667
Werben is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 7 km west of Havelberg. It is part of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") (...)
20Zgorzelec  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 51.1503 / 15.0253
Zgorzelec (German ''Görlitz''; Lower Sorbian: ''Zgórjelc'', Upper Sorbian: ''Zhorjelc'', Czech: ''Zhořelec'') is a town in southwestern Poland with 33,278 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, Zgorzelec was previously in the Jelenia Góra Voivodeship from 1975-1998. It is also the seat of Zgorzelec County (...)