Soła
| Soła | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Broszkowice north of Oświęcim 50°3′12″N 19°14′47″E / 50.05333°N 19.24639°E |
| Length | 88.9 km (55.2 mi) |
The Soła is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula.
Soła originates in the Western Beskids mountain range near the border with Slovakia. It is made up of the confluence of several small creeks at the village of Rajcza. It runs downhill northeastwards to the towns of Żywiec and Kęty, forming the border between the Silesian and the Żywiec Beskids. After 89 km (55 mi) the Soła empties into to the Vistula River after having passed the town of Oświęcim.[1]
The river flows within metres of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum informs that the human ashes and ground bones of those murdered there were sometimes dumped into the river.[2]
Soła flows through or near the following settlements: Rajcza, Milówka, Cisiec, Węgierska Górka, Cięcina, Radziechowy, Wieprz, Żywiec, Tresna, Czernichów, Międzybrodzie Żywieckie, Międzybrodzie Bialskie, Porąbka, Czaniec, Kobiernice, Kęty, Nowa Wieś[disambiguation needed], Hecznarowice, Bielany, Łęki[disambiguation needed], and Oświęcim.
Notes and references
- ^ Oficjalny serwis gminy Rajcza – rajcza.com Template:Pl icon
- ^ Dr. Franciszek Piper, "The extermination procedure in the gas chambers", Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu), 1999-2010