Świeradów-Zdrój
Świaradów Zdrój [ ɕf ʲ ɛraduf zdruɪ̯ ] ( German Bad Zdrój ) is a town with 4,500 inhabitants in southwestern Poland. The spa at the Queis in the Jizera Mountains belongs to the powiat Lubański in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. He is a member of the euro region Neisse.
History
The village on the eastern slopes of the 1,107 meter high Heufuders ( Stóg Izerski ), the neighboring summit of Tafelfichte was first mentioned in 1337. Already in 1572 recognized the doctor Leonhard Thurneysser the healing from a source in the place. Also the Silesian reformer Kaspar Schwenkfeld and the chronicler Friedrich Lucae made to this source in the 17th century attention.
Following the publication of a memoir by Dr. Wigand Thaler Assigns in 1738 the cure began in the Silesian place at the old triangle with Saxony and Bohemia. 1763 was Flin the spa and beach resort.
In 1768, the well house on the upper wells and 1795 the first bath house was built. 1811 a second mineral spring was discovered, which was used in 1824 for the bathers.
In subsequent years, additional bath houses were built, such as the Leopoldsbad (1838 ), the Ludwigsbad (1879 ) and the Marienbad ( 1904).
1895 burned down large parts of the health and spa facilities. A new representative Kurhaus was opened in 1899, in 1934 was a Radiumbad.
1909 was recorded by the AG Isergebirgsbahn a rail link between peace and Flin mountain. In 1945, Bad Flin that had belonged to Silesia region Lowenberg, to Poland. It was named Świaradów Zdrój, in the same year the town charter.
Population Development
1786: 1294 inhabitants 1825: 1,542 1905: 1,910 1939: 2,803 1961: 3,085 1970: 2,982 2004: 4,577 2005: 4,556
Twin Cities
- Odder Denmark, Denmark, 1991
- Germany Seifhennersdorf, Germany, 2002
- Czech Republic Jindřichovice pod Smrkem, Czech Republic
- Jilemnice Czech Republic, Czech Republic
- Mirsk Poland, Poland
- Czech Republic Nové Město pod Smrkem, Czech Republic
- Czech Republic Libverda, Czech Republic
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Gottlieb Wolstein (1738-1820), veterinarian, pioneer of scientific veterinary medicine in German-speaking
- Rudolf Bahro (1935-1997), philosopher
- Otto Damerau (1877-1961), museum founder and honorary citizen of Hoyerswerda
Community
The municipality ( gmina miejska ) Świaradów Zdrój covers an area of 20 km ² with a population of 5,157. These include the city Świaradów Zdrój and the village Czerniawa -Zdrój ( Bad Schwarzbach ). To the south, the community expands to the Czech border, where there is also the lonely mountain cottage Chatka Górzystów, the former school of the village of Great Iser, which remained the only building of this abandoned village.