Stary Zdrój | |
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District of
Wałbrzych | |
![]() View from the King John III Sobieski Park | |
Coordinates: 50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E / 50.77861°N 16.29722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | +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.
Stary Zdrój | |
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District of
Wałbrzych | |
![]() View from the King John III Sobieski Park | |
Coordinates: 50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E / 50.77861°N 16.29722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | +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.