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Nogat

Nogat

River in Pomeranian, Poland

This article is about the river in Poland. For the natural gas pipeline, see NOGAT Pipeline System. For other uses, see Nogat (disambiguation).

The Nogat is a 62 km long delta branch of the Vistula River in northern Poland. Unlike the main river, it does not empty into Gdańsk Bay but rather into the Vistula Lagoon.

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The Nogat has its origin near the village of Biała Góra as a distributary of the Vistula River. Shortly afterwards the river Liwa flows into the Nogat. Then the river passes Malbork and flows north-east towards Elbląg (but does not reach the city). North-west of Elbląg, the Nogat flows into the south-western part of the Vistula Lagoon.

The brick-built Malbork Castle on the River Nogat

The river was located within the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. During the interwar period, the Nogat formed the boundary between Germany and the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). It again became part of Poland in 1945, following Germany's defeat in World War II.

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