The Oder-Neisse line as Poland’s western border: As postulated and made reality
Journal: Geographia Polonica
Year: 2015

This article presents the historical and political conditioning leading to the establishment of the contemporary Polish-German border along the 'Oder-Neisse Line' (formed by the rivers known in Poland as the Odra and Nysa uycka). It is recalled how -at the moment a Polish state first came into being in the 10th century -its western border also followed a course more or less coinciding with these same two rivers. In subsequent centuries, the political limits of the Polish and German spheres of in