Stary Zdrój

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Stary Zdrój
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Stary Zdrój (Poland)
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lower Silesia
District of: Wałbrzych
Geographic location : 50 ° 47 '  N , 16 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '43 "  N , 16 ° 17' 50"  E
Residents :
Telephone code : (+48) 74
License plate : DB
Economy and Transport
Street : Wałbrzych - Kłodzko
Next international airport : Wroclaw



Stary Zdrój (German: Altwasser ) is a district of Wałbrzych ( Waldenburg ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . Stary Zdrój is located in the north of the city and was initially an independent rural community and until 1873 a health resort . In 1919 it was incorporated into the town of Waldenburg, which in 1924 left the district of Waldenburg and was raised to the status of an urban district .

geography

Stary Zdrój is located in the Waldenburger Bergland on the state road 35 ( Droga krajowa 35 ), which runs from Wałbrzych via Świdnica to Wroclaw . Neighboring towns are Szczawienko and Świebodzice in the north, Lubiechów ( Liebichau ) in the northeast, Pogorzała ( Seifersdorf ) in the east, Dziećmorowice in the southeast, Sobięcin in the southwest, Konradów in the southwest and Szczawno-Zdrój and Struga in the northwest. To the northeast rises the 590 m high Vogelskoppe ( Ptasia Kopa ).

history

Altwasser Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection
Altwasser Castle, 2006
Church of the Resurrection
St. Barbara

Stary Zdrój was first mentioned in 1357 as Aqua Antiqua . It belonged to the chamber property of the Duchy of Schweidnitz , with which it came to Bohemia in 1392 . It was then given by the Bohemian king to Bohemian and Silesian nobles as a fief and from 1412 as an inheritance . Silver mining has been known since 1366. In 1584 Emperor Rudolf II granted Bernhard von Kuhl auf Kammerau the privilege of mining the Segen-Gottes-Grube. The medicinal springs gained economic importance early on. From 1688, Altwasser was owned by Governor Georg Moritz von Rohr und Stein , who set up the first bathing facilities. The first well doctor was probably the Schweidnitz district physician Kaspar Thym. In 1710, Altwasser acquired the Schweidnitz chief tax collector Hans Friedrich von Zedlitz , who swapped his previous ownership of Wüstewaltersdorf with Georg Moritz von Rohr. Hans Friedrich von Zedlitz endeavored to further expand the spa facilities and hired a well master who looked after the healing springs and the spa guests. In 1718, Altwasser was bought by a Herr von Mohrental who sold it to Baron Rosina von Schwanenberg that same year. She initiated the construction of guest houses and accommodation for bathers. In 1742 she bequeathed Altwasser to her son, Count Harbuval von Chamaré.

After the First Silesian War in 1742, Altwasser fell to Prussia along with Silesia . In 1751 Altwasser came to Franz Josef von Mutius , who in 1788 bequeathed it to his son, the judiciary Franz Joseph von Mutius († 1813). He expanded the spa facilities, enlarged the promenade house and built several spa houses and two bath houses. In 1771 the Friedrichsquelle, 1798–1802 the meadow springs, 1824 the Georgsbrunnen and 1857 the Luisenquelle were discovered. As a result, the number of bathers increased continuously. The most famous bathing guest was probably the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1831 .

After the reorganization of Prussia, Altwasser belonged to the province of Silesia from 1815 and was incorporated into the Waldenburg district from 1818 . Evidence for the year 1840 is as follows: a hospital, two colliery houses, a bathing and well establishment, a sour well with five springs, three bathhouses, a community house, a colonnade of booths, three stately and 18 other accommodation houses.

In 1870, the von Mutius family leased the pool to a community consortium that was supposed to develop Altwasser into a modern health resort. However, due to the underground construction of the Segen-Gottes-Grube , the springs dried up a short time later, so that the bathing business came to a standstill in 1873. Even before that, Altwasser had developed into a modern industrial location, including the companies " Porzellanfabrik C. Tielsch & Co. ", "Flax yarn spinning mill Petzold and Hoffmann" and " Carlshütte ". Due to the rapid increase in population, the Catholic St. Barbara Church was built in 1871 and the Protestant Church a year later. With 16,021 inhabitants, Altwasser was incorporated into Waldenburg in 1919, with whom it shares its further history. After the transition to Poland, it was renamed Stary Zdrój in 1945 and remained a district of Wałbrzych.

Attractions

  • The spa house "Löwenhaus" ( Dom zdrojowy ) was built under Bernhard von Mutius around 1800 and renovated after 1996 after fire damage. On the upper floor there is a representative hall with rounded narrow sides and corner niches as well as a mirrored ceiling with stucco frame decoration.

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