Tilse
Sign in to saveThe Tylzha (, , from , meaning "swampy, wet", ) is a river in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, discharging into the river Neman at Sovetsk, which until 1946 was called the Tilsit in accordance with it.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Continent
- Europe
- Length
- 42.3
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- Castle Mill Pond at Tilsit
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The Tylzha (, , from , meaning "swampy, wet", ) is a river in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, discharging into the river Neman at Sovetsk, which until 1946 was called the Tilsit in accordance with it.
== Name and course== The river Tilsot or Tilsete is mentioned in reports of the Teutonic Knights. The Lithuanians who immigrated in the 15th and 16th century made Tilszele of it which then became its colloquial name.
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