Dukiełka


The Dukiełka is a stream in south-eastern Poland, located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Krosno County, within the Dukla commune. It flows through the Low Beskids mesoregion.

Description

The Dukiełka begins in the southern part of the village of Teodorówka, at the foot of, at an altitude of about above sea level.
In its upper course, the stream flows northward, skirting the Krzemionka hill from the west.
In the central part of Teodorówka, it receives its left-bank tributary, the Krzemionka, and then turns eastward.
Along this stretch, it forms the boundary between Teodorówka and Nadole, and later between Nadole and the city of Dukla.
Within Dukla, the stream flows under National Road No. 19, and near the city park it joins the as its left tributary at approximately above sea level.
The total length of the watercourse is, and at its widest point it measures about.
As well as the Krzemionka, the Kalitówka stream is sometimes also listed as a tributary of the Dukiełka.

History

In the Middle Ages, the mouth of the Dukiełka marked the site of the first settlement of Dukla, which developed upstream along the stream.
Near its mouth stood a brewery built probably before 1875, which was destroyed by fire in 1895. The brewery used water from the stream for beer production.
In 2014, the stream area was affected by flooding.
The Dukiełka forms the boundary between two parishes in Dukla: the and the, effectively dividing the town in half.

Name

The name of the stream derives from the town of Dukla.
In documents from 1336 it appears as river called Ducla.
Later sources list variants such as Dukielka, Dukyelke, and Dukelka.
In Witold Taszycki's 1965 publication Urzędowe nazwy miejscowości i obiektów fizjograficznych, the stream is officially listed as Dukiełka.

Nature protection

The catchment area of the Dukiełka belongs to the protected water body named Jasiołka od Panny do Chlebianki .
Its valley serves as an ecological corridor used by bats such as the greater mouse-eared bat and the lesser horseshoe bat.
The Dukiełka, together with the Krzemionka and an unnamed tributary of the Krzemionka, are listed in the Rozporządzeniu Rady Ministrów z dnia 17 grudnia 2002 r. w sprawie śródlądowych wód powierzchniowych lub części stanowiących własność publiczną as important for water resource management and flood protection.
A weir crosses the stream within Dukla. The area of from the mouth of the Dukiełka has been designated by as an ONNP.