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River in Poland
The
Łeba
(
German
:
Leba
), a river in
Middle Pomerania
(
Poland
), originates near the village of
Borzestowo
west of
Kartuzy
, passes through
Łebsko Lake
and empties into the
Baltic Sea
. It is 117 km long with a basin area of 1,801 km².
The town of
L?bork
lies on the river Łeba, while the town of
Łeba
on the Baltic coast was originally located west of the present-day mouth of the river.
In the 12th century the lower Łeba marked the eastern border of the
Land of Słupsk-Sławno
, ruled by the
Pomeranian
(Griffin) duke
Ratibor I
and his descendants, while the territory around the castellany of
Białogarda
was a possession of the
Pomerelian
duke
Sobieslaw I
of the
Samborides
dynasty. After
Poland
regained Pomerelia in 1294, the Łeba formed the boundary between the Polish part of Pomerania and the
Duchy of Pomerania
. From 1308, after the
Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gda?sk)
and the
Treaty of Soldin
(My?liborz), the river formed the western border of the
Order's
Pomerelian lands with the
Duchy of Pomerania
until 1466, when Poland regained Pomerelia. From that time the mouth of the Łeba on the Baltic coast marked the north-easternmost point of the
Holy Roman Empire
till its
dissolution
in 1806. The adjacent Pomerelian lands of
Lauenburg and Butow
(
L?bork
i
Bytow
) became a fief of the
Polish Crown
with the
Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
.
There is an abundance of architectural and natural attractions near Łeba, above all the Słowi?ski National Park with its moving sand dunes, about 8 km west of the city. Further objects of interest include:
- ruins of the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas church) west of the city on the way to the beach
- fishermen's church of 1683 with a painting by Max Pechstein
- fishermen's dwellings from the 19th century in Kosciuszki street
- the 19th century casino on Nadmorska street, today the Hotel Neptun
- former rocket test site near Pletka
- the dinosaur park south of the city
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