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Wałbrzych (Polish: [ˈvawbʐɨx] ⓘ; German: Waldenburg; Silesian: Wałbrzich; Lower Silesian: Walmbrig or Walmbrich; Czech: Valbřich or Valdenburk) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, seat of Wałbrzych County.
Stary Zdrój (German: Altwasser) is a district of the city of Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland. Formerly a spa town, it is located 43 m. by rail S.W. from Wrocław, and 3 m. N. from centre of Wałbrzych. It has factories for glass, porcelain (Fabryka Porcelany Wałbrzych S.A.), machinery, cotton-spinning, iron-foundries and used to have coal ...
Książ Castle (Polish: Zamek Książ, pronounced; German: Schloss Fürstenstein) is a castle in northern Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.The largest castle in the region of Silesia, it is the third-largest in Poland behind Malbork Castle and Wawel Castle. [1]
The Nazi gold train or Wałbrzych gold train is an urban legend about a train laden with gold and treasure that was hidden by the Nazis in southwest Poland during the last days of World War II. The apocryphal tale claims the train full of valuables, including artwork, was concealed in a sealed-up rail tunnel or mine in the Central Sudetes by ...
In 2000–2001 the adit was made accessible and repaired on the length of 1,302 m (4,272 ft). The plans included, among others, building a passenger elevator in the Sobótka shaft to take tourists down from the surface to the level of the adit, as well as constructing a 300 m (980 ft) long water channel to float tourists on boats.
Wałbrzych County (Polish: powiat wałbrzyski; German: Waldenburg) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 514.2 square kilometres (198.5 sq mi).
Founded 1730, made porcelain from 1766 to 1777 1766: Villeroy & Boch: ... Poland: Originated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries 1809:
Ćmielów Porcelain offices, Ćmielów Ćmielów Porcelain logo, ulica Biskupia 11 (11 Bishop Street), Kraków, Poland The Ćmielów Porcelain Works (Polish: Zakłady Porcelany „Ćmielów”; pronounced: [ˈt͡ɕmjɛluf]), in Ćmielów, Holy Cross Province, Poland, are the oldest [1] [2] and among the largest [3] porcelain works in Poland, and the largest thin-walled-china works in Europe ...