Freienwalde Basin

Also known as Oderbruch, Kotlina Freienwaldzka

The Oderbruch (; ) is a landscape located at the Oder river in eastern Germany on the Polish border, with a small part also in Poland. It extends from the towns Oderberg and Bad Freienwalde in the north to Lebus in the south, in the county of Märkisch-Oderland in the state of Brandenburg. The Oderbruch is about 60 km long and its width varies from 12 to 20 km for a total area of some 920 km2. It is a slightly inclined plane descending from 14 m in the southeast to just one meter above sea level in the northwest. The German name Oderbruch comes from Middle High German brouch mean

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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Flood control in Germany, Mammals of Europe and Oder.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Official name: Oderbruch
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Górzyca
Shares border with: Lubusz Land
Official website: www.oderbruch.eu
Image: Oderbruch 1.JPG
Significant event: flood

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Commons category: Oderbruch
inflows: Warta
tributary: Oder

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Contents

Landscape
Flooding
Beaver reintroduction
History
Settlement
World War II
Sources and references
Further reading

The Prussian king Frederick the Great initiated the drainage of the Oderbruch in order to bring this large tract of marshland under cultivation. Since that time the land west of the river has been river polder, whereas the 17% of the Oderbruch which is now in Poland has retained its original wetland character.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freienwalde Basin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.