Świeradów-Zdrój

Also known as Bad Flinsberg, Swieradow-Zdroj

Świeradów-Zdrój (; ) is a spa town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland near the border with the Czech Republic. The town is located in the Kwisa valley of the Jizera Mountains, a part of the Sudetes range. As at 2019, it has a population of 4,147.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Świeradów-Zdrój
Settlement.image_skyline: Świeradów-Zdrój - deptak - 17.05.2024 07-18-50.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town center
Settlement.image_shield: POL Świeradów-Zdrój COA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lubań
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Świeradów-Zdrój (urban gmina)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 14th century

Article

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Contents

History
Name
Balneotherapy and recreation
Twin towns – sister cities
References
External links

==History== First mentioned in 1524, the settlement was probably founded at the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century in the Lower Silesian Duchy of Jawor, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. The oldest record concerning Świeradów, which in fact related to the tavern "Fegebeutel" from which the local settlement of shepherds and lumbermen was named, comes from 1337, while Flinsberg was first documented in 1559. It was located on the eastern slope of the Smrk massif, at the tripoint of historic Silesia with the Bohemian and Upper Lusatian regions.