Przesieka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 50°48′30″N 15°40′20″E / 50.80833°N 15.67222°E / 50.80833; 15.67222
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Przesieka
Village
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Websitehttp://www.przesieka.pl/dzis.html

Przesieka

Jelenia Góra County, Gmina Podgórzyn. It is one of the most important centres of mountain hiking. It lies approximately 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Jelenia Góra, and 103 km (64 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław
.

It is 15 minutes drive from the centre of Jelenia Góra (5 minutes drive from

Karkonosze Mountains begin in Przesieka. One of the most widely used is a route (2 h walk) to Przełęcz Karkonoska. Other popular routes lead to Chojnik Castle (1 hour walk), and Karpacz (1.5 h walk). An interesting place to visit in Przesieka is Podgórna Waterfall
(547 m above sea level).

History

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Initially it was administratively part of the Wleń castellany.[1]

During World War II, from 1940, Nazi Germany operated a forced labour camp for Belgian, French and Soviet prisoners of war in the village.[2] The POWs were used to build a road towards the Przełęcz Karkonoska, now known as Droga Borowicka ("Borowice Road").[3] Poor sanitary and feeding conditions resulted in a high mortality rate, and by early 1942, a typhus epidemic broke out in the camp, and in March 1942, the camp was dissolved and the construction was halted.[4]

In 1945, the Polish Dolnośląskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze ("Lower Silesian Tourist and Sightseeing Society") was founded in the village, which was merged with the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society the following year.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 83-7023-560-3
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  2. ISSN 0137-5199
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  3. ^ Przerwa, p. 5
  4. ^ Przerwa, pp. 10, 12
  5. ^ Staffa, p. 180

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