Lake Leśnia
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Lake Leśnia is a small artificial lake, located on the Kwisa
river, between towns of Leśna
and Gryfow Slaski
in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
, southwestern Poland
. It was opened on July 15, 1905, after a dam had been completed near the village of Czocha. The dam was constructed between 1901 - 1905, by the government of Kingdom of Prussia
’s Province of Silesia
. Most workers employed during construction came from Austria
and Italy
, and total cost was estimated at 1,270,00 reichsmarks. The dam is 45 meters high, its length is 130 meters, and its thickness - 8 meters on top.
Total area of the lake is 140 hectares, and volume - 15 million cubic meters. The length of the lake is around 7 kilometers, and it is up to 1 kilometer wide. Between 1905 and 1907, a hydroelectic power plant was built there, for 800,000 marks, funded by the government of Silesia. Currently, it is the oldest plant of this kind in Poland, with six J.M.Voith 1906 turbines still working. On the high, left bank of the lake, Czocha Castle
is located, and on the right bank, there is the complex of Rajsko Castle. The lake is a popular summer vacation center, with several campsites and watersports facilities.
Kwisa
The Kwisa is a river in south-western Poland, a left tributary of the Bóbr, which itself is a left tributary of the Oder river.It rises in the Izera Mountains, part of the Western Sudetes range, where it runs along the border with the Czech Republic...
river, between towns of Leśna
Lesna
Leśna is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Leśna, close to the Czech border. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....
and Gryfow Slaski
Gryfów Slaski
Gryfów Śląski is a town in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Gryfów Śląski. As at 2006, the town has a population of 7,128. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.The town is located between Zgorzelec...
in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...
, southwestern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It was opened on July 15, 1905, after a dam had been completed near the village of Czocha. The dam was constructed between 1901 - 1905, by the government of Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
’s Province of Silesia
Province of Silesia
The Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...
. Most workers employed during construction came from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and total cost was estimated at 1,270,00 reichsmarks. The dam is 45 meters high, its length is 130 meters, and its thickness - 8 meters on top.
Total area of the lake is 140 hectares, and volume - 15 million cubic meters. The length of the lake is around 7 kilometers, and it is up to 1 kilometer wide. Between 1905 and 1907, a hydroelectic power plant was built there, for 800,000 marks, funded by the government of Silesia. Currently, it is the oldest plant of this kind in Poland, with six J.M.Voith 1906 turbines still working. On the high, left bank of the lake, Czocha Castle
Czocha Castle
Czocha Castle is a defensive castle in the Czocha village , in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship . The castle is located on the Lake Leśnia, near the Kwisa river, in what is now the Polish part of Upper Lusatia...
is located, and on the right bank, there is the complex of Rajsko Castle. The lake is a popular summer vacation center, with several campsites and watersports facilities.
