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| name               = Noteć
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| image              = Santok village2.jpg
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| image_caption      = Noteć near Santok
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Poland]]
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kuyavian-Pomeranian]], [[Greater Poland Voivodeship|Greater Poland]], [[Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubusz]]
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| subdivision_name5  = [[Inowrocław]], [[Kruszwica]], [[Pakość]], [[Barcin]], [[Łabiszyn]], [[Nakło nad Notecią]], [[Ujście]], [[Czarnków]], [[Wieleń]], [[Drezdenko]]
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| source1            = Between [[Szczecin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Szczecin]] and [[Bogołomia]] ([[Gmina Chodecz]])<br>{{coord|52|22|29|N|19|00|25|E|type:river}}
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| mouth              = [[Warta]] at [[Santok]]<br>{{coord|52|44|09|N|15|24|20|E|type:river_region:PL|display=inline,title}}
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| progression        = {{RWarta}}
| basin_size_km2 = 17302
| tributaries_left   = [[Mała Noteć]], [[Gąsawka]], [[Kcyninka]], [[Gulczanka]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Gwda]], [[Drawa]]
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The  '''Noteć''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈnɔtɛtɕ|audio=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Noteć.wav}}; {{Langx|de|Netze}}, {{Langx|la|Natissis}}) is a [[river]] in central [[Poland]] with a length of {{convert|391|km|mi|abbr=on}} (7th longest) and a basin area of {{convert|17302|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3328/2/17/1/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_poland_2017.pdf Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017], [[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86</ref> It is the largest tributary of the [[Warta]] river and lies completely within Poland.

==Course==
[[File:Santok village1.jpg|thumb|left|River mouth at Santok]]
It rises in the [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]] and flows through Lake [[Gopło]] and the town of [[Inowrocław]]. It reaches the voivodeship of [[Greater Poland Voivodeship|Greater Poland]] in the historic [[Pałuki]] region south of [[Piła]]. Further down in [[Lubusz Voivodeship]], it empties into the Warta at [[Santok]] near [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]. The river is usually subdivided into an upper part (Noteć Górna), running from its source to [[Nakło nad Notecią|Nakło]], and a lower part (Noteć Dolna) from Nakło to its mouth into the Warta River. At Nakło, the [[Bydgoszcz Canal]], built in 1773/74, connects the Noteć River with the [[Brda (river)|Brda]] river, a tributary of the [[Vistula]], at [[Bydgoszcz]].

The lower sections down from the mouth of the [[Drawa]] (near [[Krzyż Wielkopolski]]) are located within the broad Toruń-Eberswalde ''[[Urstromtal]]''. These large [[wetland]]s, with only two historic river crossings at Santok and [[Drezdenko]], are sparsely populated.

Most portions of the Noteć are navigable. Several locks and dams connect the Vistula and the Warta/Oder waterways.

{{Further|Bolemka|Gnilec (river)}}

==History==
In medieval times, the impenetrable marshes of the lower Noteć River formed the border between the [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Kingdom of Poland]] and the lands of the [[Pomerania]]n tribes on the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast. Disputed for centuries, the fortresses of Santok and Drezdenko finally were acquired by Margrave [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad of Brandenburg]] on the occasion of his wedding with [[Constance of Greater Poland|Constance of Poznań]], daughter of the [[Piast dynasty|Piast]] duke [[Przemysł I of Greater Poland]], in 1260. 

After several unsuccessful attempts by the Polish Piasts to regain control, the area along the lower Noteć was finally incorporated into the Brandeburg ''[[Neumark]]'' region. For centuries, the border with the Greater Polish [[Poznań Voivodeship (14th century to 1793)|Poznań Voivodeship]] ran between Drezdenko (''Driesen'') and Krzyż upstream in the east. Under the rule of Elector [[Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg]] from about 1603, the fortress was rebuilt and further settlements were erected within the wetlands. First plans for a large-scale [[drainage]] and [[land improvement|land amelioration]] were developed under King [[Frederick William I of Prussia]] in 1738/39, though not carried out until after the [[Seven Years' War]] in 1763.

After the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772 the adjacent Greater Polish lands up the river were annexed by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] as the [[Netze District]]. The territory, created by the Prussian administration, was again ceded to newly established [[Duchy of Warsaw]] in 1807, but fell back to Prussia by resolution of the [[Congress of Vienna|Vienna Congress]] in 1815.

==Towns==
* [[Inowrocław]]
* [[Izbica Kujawska]]
* [[Kruszwica]]
* [[Pakość]]
* [[Barcin]]
* [[Labiszyn]]
* [[Nakło nad Notecią]]
* [[Ujście]]
* [[Czarnków]]
* [[Wieleń]]
* [[Krzyż Wielkopolski]]
* [[Drezdenko]]
* Village [[Santok]] near [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]

==See also==
* [[Rivers of Poland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Netze |volume=19 |pages=422–423 |short=x}}

{{Polish rivers}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Poland]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Rivers of Greater Poland Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Rivers of Lubusz Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Waterways in Poland]]