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Czech Republic–Poland Border
The Czech-Polish border is the inter-state border between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Poland. The Czech Republic is one of the seven countries currently bordering Poland. This condition persists since January 1, 1993, when Czechoslovakia collapsed. The current border with the Czech Republic was part of the border with Czechoslovakia and had the same route. History Polish border with the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Polish-Czech border can also be called the border existing for several months in 1939. On March 16, 1939, the German Reich, after Slovakia declared independence (in fact it client state of Nazi Germany), created from the occupied territories of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, which were not directly attached to Germany as the Sudetenland or to Poland as Zaolzie, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It constituted an autonomous German administrative unit that bordered Poland over a distance of 66 kilometers, and the border coincided with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrbeńsko
Skrbeńsko is a village in Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies on the border with the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The .... It was established in 1775 as a colony within Gołkowice, Silesian Voivodeship by Maksymilian von Skrbenski, and year later formed a separate municipality. Villages in Wodzisław County {{Wodzisław-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świeradów-Zdrój
Świeradów-Zdrój (; german: Bad Flinsberg) 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. It lies approximately south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. Świeradów received its town privileges in 1946. As at 2019, it has a population of 4,147. 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystrzyckie Mountains
The Bystrzyckie Mountains (, , cs, Bystřické hory) are a mountain range in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ..., part of the Central Sudetes. References Bibliography * Staffa, M. (ed.), 1992: ''Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów. Tom 14. Góry Bystrzyckie, Góry Orlickie''. PTTK "Kraj", Warszawa-Kraków. 294 pp. * Staffa, M. (ed.), 1994: ''Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów. Tom 15. Kotlina Kłodzka i Rów Górnej Nysy''. I-BIS, Wrocław. 524 pp. * ''Ziemia Kłodzka. Mapa turystyczna 1:50 000''. Kartogr. Compass, Kraków. 2004 * Czerwiński, J., 2003: ''Sudety. Przewodnik''. Kartogr. Eko-Graf, Wrocław * Lamparska, J., 2003: ''Sudety Środkowe po obu stronach granicy. Przewodnik inny niż wszystkie''. Cz. 2. Asia-Press, Wrocław . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudowa-Zdrój
Kudowa-Zdrój (german: Bad Kudowa, cz, Chudoba), or simply Kudowa, is a town located below the Table Mountains in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the southwestern part of Poland. It has a population of around 10,000 and is located at the Polish-Czech border, just across from the Czech town of Náchod, some west of Polish Kłodzko and from Prague. Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest European spa towns where heart and circulatory system diseases were cured. The downtown area features a park styled on 17th century revival, with exotic plants and a mineral water pump room. Due to its location, the town is famous for tourism, hiking and as the departure point for trips. The town has several historical and heritage sites such as the Skull Chapel, Czermna, Chapel of Skulls within the Czermna district of Kudowa, an ossuary containing the bones or skeletal remains of thousands. It is one of six of its kind in Europe. Another site is the Wambierzyce, Basilica of Wambierzy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stołowe Mountains
The Stołowe Mountains (; in English known as the Table Mountains, pl, Góry Stołowe, cs, Stolové hory, german: Heuscheuergebirge) are mountain range in Poland and the Czech Republic, part of the Central Sudetes. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Stołowe Mountains National Park. The highest peak of the range is Szczeliniec Wielki at a.s.l. Geomorphology The range is formed of sandstone and, as the only one in Poland, presents plated structure with sheer mountain ledges. Among the tourist attractions there are two massif In geology, a massif ( or ) is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a ...s: Szczeliniec Wielki on which the labyrinth, and Skalniak on which the labyrinth Błędne Skały (Errant Rocks). There are several notable rock formations, among them Kwoka ("Hen"), Wielbłąd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krkonoše
The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše or Karkonosze (Czech: , Polish: , german: Riesengebirge) are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif). The Czech-Polish border, which divides the historic regions of Bohemia and Silesia, runs along the main ridge. The highest peak, Sněžka ( pl, Śnieżka, german: Schneekoppe), is the Czech Republic's highest point with an elevation of . On both sides of the border, large areas of the mountains are designated national parks (the Krkonoše National Park in the Czech Republic and the Karkonosze National Park in Poland), and these together constitute a cross-border biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme. The source of the River Elbe is within the Giant Mountains. The range has a number of major ski resorts, and is a popular destination for tourists engaging in downhill and cross-country skiing, hiking, cycling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jizera Foothills
Jizera may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Jizera (river) The Jizera ( pl, Izera; german: Iser) is a river that begins on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic (in the Liberec Region in northern Bohemia) and ends in Central Bohemian Region. It is 167.0 km long, and its basin area is about ..., a river * Jizera Mountains, a mountain range * Jizera Table, a plateau {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jizera Mountains
Jizera Mountains ( cz, Jizerské hory), or Izera Mountains ( pl, Góry Izerskie; german: Isergebirge), are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The range got its name from the Jizera River, which rises at the southern base of the Smrk massif. The beech forests within the Jizera Mountains were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, because of their outstanding preservation and testimony to the ecological history of Europe (and the beech family specifically) since the Last Glacial Period. Geography The range stretches from the Lusatian Mountains (Zittau Mountains) in the northwest to the Krkonoše in the southeast. The Jizera Mountains comprise the sources of the Jizera river, as well as of the Kwisa and the Lusatian Neisse. The major part in the south is formed from granite, in the northern part from gneisses and mica schists, with some area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zittau
Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, :de:Oberlausitzer Mundart, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic languages, Slavic "''rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto'')) is the southeasternmost city in the Germany, German state of Saxony, and is located in the Görlitz (district), district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost Districts of Germany, district. It has a population of around 25,000, and is one of the most important cities in the region of Lusatia (Upper Lusatia). The inner city of Zittau still shows its original beauty with many houses from several architectural periods: the famous town hall built in an Italian style, the church of St John and the stables (''Salzhaus'') with its medieval heritage. This multi-storied building is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. Geography Zittau sits on the Mandau River, while the Lusatian Neisse, which forms the border with Poland, touches the city i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frýdlant
Frýdlant (; also known as Frýdlant v Čechách, german: Friedland in Böhmen) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Albrechtice u Frýdlantu and Větrov are administrative parts of Frýdlant. Geography Frýdlant is located about northwest of Liberec, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook, close to the border with Poland. It lies mostly in the Frýdlant Hills. The southern part of the municipal territory extends into the Jizera Mountains and includes the highest point of Frýdlant, the hill Špičák at above sea level. The Smědá River flows through the town. History Early history The area was settled by Slavic ( Sorbian) tribes from Lusatia from the 6th century onwards and in the 12th century was incorporated into the Upper Lusatian (''Land Budissin'') territory, then held by the Marg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
