Named the Manufacturer’s Villa, this 19th-century building has seen its former splendour restored as a result of a revitalization in the years 2009-12. At present the historic site belongs to Cottonina – Villa & Mineral SPA Resort. The name of...

The Legend of the Świeradów Frog and Radon Mineral Water   A Berlin doctor, Leonard Thurneyssen, taking a stroll in Świeradów-Zdrój, the former Bad Flinsberg, noticed a dead frog lying in one of the springs. It...

The Legend of Czarci Młyn, or Devil's Mill In the valley where the Czarny Potok flows lies Czerniawa-Zdrój, where a young man by the name of Bożydar once settled following his return from a military expedition. He purchased with savings a piece of...

The Karkonoska pass lies at 1,198 m a.s.l. It is possible to begin an ascent in the village of Borowice (42 km from Świeradów) or the village of Przesieka (38 km from Świeradów). The pass can also be reached from the Czech side by bus from...

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...