Stary Zdrój (german: Altwasser) is a district of the city of

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of W ...

in southwestern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Formerly a

spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, B ...

, it is located 43 m. by rail S.W. from

Wrocław Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly ...

, and 3 m. N. from centre of

. 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

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. In 1900 the population was 12,144. There are two historic churches and a railway station in Stary Zdrój.

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Wałbrzych, Dom pod lwami nad Pełcznicą (styczeń 2010).jpg, Pełcznica river and the historic ''Pod Lwami'' House ("Under the Lions") on the right, in wintertime Kościół Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego w Wałbrzychu.jpg, Gothic Revival Church of the Resurrection of Christ Wałbrzych kościół św Barbary 1.jpg, Gothic Revival Church of St. Barbara WK15 Wałbrzych Miasto (1) Lichen99.jpg, Wałbrzych Miasto train station

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Neighbourhoods in Poland Wałbrzych {{LowerSilesian-geo-stub

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