Szklarska Poręba

Coordinates: 50°50′N 15°32′E / 50.833°N 15.533°E / 50.833; 15.533
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Szklarska Poręba
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Town centre
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WebsiteSzklarskaporeba.pl

Szklarska Poręba Polish: [ˈʂklarska pɔˈrɛmba] ⓘ (German: Schreiberhau) is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The town has a population of around 6,500. It is a popular ski resort.

An important regional and national centre for

Karkonosze Mountains in the south and Jizera Mountains in the west, at 440–886 m above sea level, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west of Jelenia Góra. The ski resorts in this area are growing in popularity as a budget alternative to the Alps, thanks to wide range of both Alpine and Nordic skiing
facilities.

History

Our Lady of the Rosary church, the oldest preserved church in Szklarska Poręba

The land on which the village was founded was bought in the 13th century from Duke

Poland. The village was established, as part of the Duchy of Jawor, by German colonists
. It was first mentioned in 1366 and 1372 in conjunction with a glass factory, forerunner of the famed later Josephinenhütte, as Schribirshau and Schreibershow.

In 1578 several

Schaffgotsch, landlords of Schreiberhau. The glass industry of the village was dominated by the Preußler family for the next 200 years. In 1842 Franz Pohl, son-in-law of the last Preußler, persuaded Count Schaffgotsch to establish a new glass factory in Schreiberhau. This Josephinenhütte became the largest and best glass factory in Silesia, while Schreiberhau greatly expanded to become the largest village in Prussia,[3]
which annexed the region in 1742, with 15 districts covering 43 square kilometres (17 sq mi).

Schreiberhau, c. 1940

Around 1900 several artists discovered the beauty of the countryside and formed the Schreiberhau artists' colony, among them Gerhart Hauptmann and his brother Carl, Otto Mueller, Wilhelm Bölsche, and composer Anna Teichmüller. In 1911, Wanda Bibrowicz [pl] founded the Silesian Artistic Weaving Workshop with an exhibition gallery, which existed until 1919.[4] Later, younger artists formed the St. Lukas artists' association. In 1925 the first winter games of the International Workers Olympiad (organised by the Socialist Workers' Sport International) were held in the town. Twelve national delegations participated.[5]

During World War II the Reich Labour Service (RAD) ran two Nazi German labor camps, RAD-Abteilung 6/103 and RAD-Abteilung 6/107, in the settlement.[6] In 1942, the Germans also established a forced labour camp for Soviet prisoners of war in its vicinity.[7]

After the defeat of

Kominform) took place in the village. Following the Korean War, in 1953–1959, Poland admitted 181 North Korean orphans in Szklarska Poręba.[8] The village gained the status of a town in 1959.[2] In 1963, a mass grave of POWs murdered by the Germans in World War II was discovered.[7]

Transport

Szklarska Poręba Górna train station

The town used to be connected via the Zackenbahn railway to Tanvald in Bohemia. The cross-border passenger line was closed in 1945 when the town was given to Poland and remained closed until 2010. In 2010 the cross-border railway connection was reconstructed and is now operated by passenger trains from Kořenov. The railway connection to Jelenia Góra plays a minor role, since the scale of the mining industry in the town's vicinity has decreased. Koleje Dolnośląskie D21 line runs from Szklarska Poręba Górna to Liberec.

A section of national road no. 3, also part of European route E65, passes through the town.

Sports

FIS Cross-Country World Cup events were held in Szklarska Poręba in 2012 and 2014. The Bieg Piastów cross-country skiing marathon is held in the town since 1976.

Notable people

Former home of painter Wlastimil Hofman

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Szklarska Poręba is twinned with:[9]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Historia Miasta official website of Szklarska Poręba Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Schüttig, p.88
  4. ^ "Wanda Bibrowicz". Słownik Biograficzny Ziemi Jeleniogórskiej (in Polish). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ^ Wheeler, Robert F.. Organized Sport and Organized Labour: The Workers' Sports Movement, in Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 13, No. 2, Special Issue: Workers' Culture (Apr., 1978), pp. 191-210
  6. ^ "X Niederschlesien".
  7. ^
    Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich
    . p. 111.
  8. ISSN 0080-3480
    .
  9. ^ "Miasta partnerskie". szklarskaporeba.pl (in Polish). Szklarska Poręba. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

Bibliography

External links

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