Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój | |
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District of Wałbrzych | |
Stary Zdrój | |
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) | 8,601[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code(s) | +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. In 1900 the population was 12,144.[2] There are two historic churches and a railway station in Stary Zdrój.
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Pełcznica river and the historic Pod Lwami House ("Under the Lions") on the right, in wintertime
Gothic Revival Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara
Wałbrzych Miasto train station
References[]
- ^ "Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha". Nasz Wałbrzych – niezależny portal miejski (in Polish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Altwasser". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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