Stary Zdrój

District of Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E / 50.77861°N 16.29722°E / 50.77861; 16.29722Country PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCounty/cityWałbrzychFirst mentioned1357Population
 (2014)
8,601[1]Time zoneUTC+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. In 1900 the population was 12,144.[2] There are two historic churches and a railway station in Stary Zdrój.

  • Pełcznica river and the historic Pod Lwami House ("Under the Lions") on the right, in wintertime
    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 the Resurrection of Christ
  • Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara
    Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara
  • Wałbrzych Miasto train station
    Wałbrzych Miasto train station

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha". Nasz Wałbrzych – niezależny portal miejski (in Polish). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^  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.
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