Brda River

Modern granaries on the Brda at Bydgoszcz

The Brda (Brahe in German) is a river in northwestern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's 15th longest river, with a total length of 238 km and a catchment area (all within Poland) of 4,627 km².

Navigation

The Brda is part of the Odra-Vistula waterway, connecting these two rivers via the Warta and Noteć Rivers and the Bydgoszcz Canal. The waterway is navigable for modest barges (of CEMT Class II) but with a limited draught.

With the expansion of the European Union to the East, the waterway could play an important role. It is a link in the much longer connection with Eastern Europe via the Vistula, Narew, Bug, Mukhavets, Pripyat, and Dnieper Rivers, but this connection remains unnavigable due to a dam near Brest, Belarus.

Currently, only limited numbers of vessels use the Brda River and the adjacent canal. It is expected that the waterway will be discovered by leisure boaters in the future. (Source: NoorderSoft Waterways Database)

Towns and townships on the Brda

• Przechlewo
• Konarzyny (German: Konarschin (until WW I), Kunertsfeld (during WW II), Kashubian: Kònarzënë)
• Tuchola (German: Tuchel)
• Koronowo (German: Krone, Polnisch Krone, Krone an der Brahe)
• Bydgoszcz (German: Bromberg)

See also

• List of rivers in Poland

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