Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój | |
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District of Wałbrzych | |
View from the King John III Sobieski Park | |
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| Coordinates: 50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E / 50.77861°N 16.29722°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County/city | Wałbrzych |
| First mentioned | 1357 |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 8,601[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 74 |
Stary Zdrój (German: Altwasser) is a district of the city of Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland.
Formerly a spa town, it is located 43 m. by rail S.W. from Wrocław, and 3 m. N. from centre of Wałbrzych. It has factories for glass, porcelain (Fabryka Porcelany Wałbrzych S.A.), machinery, cotton-spinning, iron-foundries and used to have coal-mines.
The oldest known mention of the settlement comes from a 1357 document from the nearby Krzeszów Abbey, when it was under Polish rule as part of the Duchy of Świdnica. Stanisław Poniatowski stayed in Stary Zdrój in 1784.[2] In 1900 the population was 12,144.[3]
There are two historic churches and a railway station in Stary Zdrój.
Gallery
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Pełcznica river and the historic Pod Lwami House ("Under the Lions") on the right, in wintertime
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Gothic Revival Church of the Resurrection of Christ
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Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara
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Wałbrzych Miasto train station
See also
References
- ^ "Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha". Nasz Wałbrzych – niezależny portal miejski (in Polish). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Retecki, Piotr (2021). "Zatrudnienie polskich pracowników w gospodarce regionu wałbrzyskiego przed I wojną światową na przykładzie Sobięcina". Nowa Kronika Wałbrzyska (in Polish). Vol. 8. Wałbrzych: Fundacja MUSEION. p. 139. ISSN 2353-4354.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Altwasser". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.