Skwierzyna (Schwerin an der Warthe in German) is a small town in Lubuskie, western Poland. It is located between Miedzyrzecz and Gorzw Wielkopolski, the capitals of the region, and stands at the confluence of the rivers Obra and Warta.
The townspeople were predominantly German until the end of World War 2, when the German population was removed and replaced by Poles and Polish speakers from Ukraine and Lithuania.
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Warta (Latin: Varta, German: Warthe) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. Warta has a basin area of 54,529. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Note? and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kana? Bydgoski).
It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodship) near Zawiercie, flows through Lodz Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into river Oder near Kostrzyn. It is connected to river Vistula by the Note? river and the Bydgoszcz Canal near Bydgoszcz.
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Zawiercie
Cz?stochowa
Dzia?oszyn
Sieradz
Warta, Town
Dobra
Ko?o
Konin
Pyzdry
?rem
Mosina
Puszczykowo
Lubo?
Pozna?
Oborniki
Obrzycko
Wronki
Sieraków
Mi?dzychód
Skwierzyna
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Kostrzyn
Right tributaries
Widawka
Ner
We?na
Note?
Left
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