This phenomenon can be stumbled upon around 300 m from the lower station of the Świeradów-Zdrój Ski&Sun Gondola Lift (in the direction of Czerniawa-Zdrój). A car with its engine off here appears to roll uphill. Some claim that the...

The History of the Schools Once Silesia had passed under the rule of Prussia in 1742, in Świeradów too school attendance became compulsory. As was recorded by Hannes Scholdan in a chronicle of Świeradów in the very same year, it received a “royal...

The History of the Protestant Church and Cemetery The cemetery at which residents of Świeradów-Zdrój bury their dead is over 250 years old. In German times, however, it enclosed a Protestant church, which today no longer exists. For this reason a...

The History of the Parish The history of the parish, its deeds and its past, are a story of life, labour, joy and suffering, the births and deaths of its residents. The history of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Joseph in Świeradów-Zdrój is not...

The History of Czerniawa-Zdrój Czerniawa-Zdrój came into being like many other settlements in this part of the Sudeten Mts. In the first half of the 17th century a glassworks was located on the site, with Czech exiles (evangelical refugees)...

The grave of the legendary Mountain Ghost is located at a forest junction with road no. 362 from Świeradów-Zdrój to Szklarska Poręba, not far from where the Wodopój and Płóka streams meet the Kwisa river, at an...

This is a hairpin bend (180o, in Polish: Zakręt Śmierci) on road no. 362 from Świeradów-Zdrój to Szklarska Poręba, 18 km from Świeradów-Zdrój. It has a scenic spot with a view of the Karkonosze Mts. and Jelenia Góra Valley. Around 45 minutes from...

Sudetian cottages of column-based and mixed coping structure built mainly in 19th century and lodging-house buildings from 19th and 20th century.

The Commune Coat of Arms The coat of arms of the Commune is a shield with a single field presenting: in the background, two mountain peaks, each depicted as a red triangle; in the foreground, in the centre of the field, an impression of a spruce...

This cave of modest dimensions lies on the right bank of the stream of Czarny Potok, in the very centre of Czerniawa-Zdrój.