The Refuge Atop Mt. Stóg Izerski  Several metres below the summit of this mountain, soaring 1,107 m a.s.l., is a refuge founded in 1924 by the Schaffgotsch family in a characteristic Silesian-Lusician style. The site offers splendid panoramas...

The Railway to Świeradów-Zdrój Total length: 10.8 km Level difference: 206 m Railway track curve radius: from 300 to 800 m, width not exceeding 4.2 m 12 m long steel tracks of profile IIa were used  Average tracks inclination: 19 % ...

This monument stands on a forest path leading from the guest houses Czeszka and Słowaczka to the guest house Aronia (on B. Czech Street). Julius Pintsch was an industrialist from Berlin whose funds financed the construction of the...

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...