Stary Zdrój

Stary Zdrój (German: Altwasser) is a district of the city of Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland.

Stary Zdrój
District of Wałbrzych
View from the King John III Sobieski Park
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój
Coordinates: 50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
County/cityWałbrzych
First mentioned1357
Population
 (2014)
8,601[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+48 74

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
  • Gothic Revival Church of the Resurrection of Christ
  • Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara
  • Wałbrzych Miasto train station
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References
  1. "Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha". Nasz Wałbrzych – niezależny portal miejski (in Polish). 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. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.
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