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{{Infobox river
| name              = Łyna 
| name_other        = 
| image             = Las warminski.JPG
| image_caption     = The Łyna River near [[Olsztyn]]
| source1_location  = [[Łyna, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Łyna (village)]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|53|26|28|N|20|24|49|E|display=inline}}
| mouth_location    = [[Pregolya]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|54.6208|N|21.2267|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}
| progression       = {{RPregolya}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Poland]], [[Russia]]
| length_km = 264
| source1_elevation = 
| discharge1_avg    = 
| basin_size_km2 = 7126
| basin_landmarks   = [[Olsztyn Castle]]<br />[[Lidzbark Castle]]
}}

The '''Łyna''' ({{IPA|pol|ˈwɨna}}; {{langx|de|Alle}} {{IPA|de|ˈalə||De-Alle.ogg}}; {{Langx|lt|Alna}}; {{Langx|ru|Ла́ва}} - ''Lava''), is a [[river]] that begins in northern [[Poland]]'s [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]] and ends in [[Russia]]'s [[Kaliningrad Oblast]].

The Łyna is a [[tributary]] of the [[Pregolya]] River, and has a total length of 264&nbsp;km (207&nbsp;km in Poland and 57&nbsp;km in Russia) and a basin area of 7,126&nbsp;km² (5,298&nbsp;km² in Poland).<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 connected to [[Lake Mamry]] by the 18th-century [[Masurian Canal]].

The river's source is located near the village of [[Łyna, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Łyna]] in [[Masuria]], Poland. It then flows through the regions of [[Warmia]], [[Bartia]] and [[Nadrovia]].

==History==
In historical terms, the river fell within the area of the medieval [[Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights]] established in the 13th century. In 1454, the adjacent territory was incorporated by King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] upon the request of the anti-Teutonic [[Prussian Confederation]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Górski|first=Karol|title=Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych|year=1949|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|location=Poznań|language=pl|pages=54}}</ref> It was confirmed as part of Poland after the subsequent [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]], the longest of all Polish–Teutonic wars, ended in 1466. Following the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772, the area was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and made part of the newly formed province of [[East Prussia]] in 1773, which from 1871 was also part of [[Germany]]. Following Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], in 1945, it was split between Poland and the [[Soviet Union]] in accordance with border changes promulgated at the [[Potsdam Conference]].

==Cities and towns==
The largest city located on the Łyna is [[Olsztyn]], Poland. Cities and towns along the Łyna include:

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*[[Olsztyn]]
*[[Dobre Miasto]]
*[[Lidzbark Warmiński]]
*[[Bartoszyce]]
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*[[Sępopol]]
*[[Pravdinsk]]
*[[Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast|Znamensk]]
|}

==References==
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