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Jelenia Góra's Unmissable Treasures

Jelenia Góra serves as the gateway to the Karkonosze Mountains, blending medieval history with elegant spa traditions. The city's architectural landscape features the 14th-century Chojnik Castle ruins and well-preserved Old Town fortifications like the Wojanowska Gate and Tower. In the Cieplice district, the Schaffgotsch Palace and the lush Park Zdrojowy highlight its status as Poland's oldest spa resort. Significant sites include the Gothic Basilica of St. Erasmus and the museum dedicated to Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann.

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Chojnik Castle

Chojnik Castle is a castle located above the town of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland.

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Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia.

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Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia.

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Kościół pw. Świętego Erazma i Świętego Pankracego

14th-century Gothic basilica featuring three aisles and a four-bay layout. As the city's oldest parish church, it houses a collection of Baroque altars and Renaissance epitaphs.

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Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Jelenia Góra

Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church is an originally Lutheran, now Roman Catholic church in Jelenia Góra, Poland.

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Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski Zbawiciela

Late-Baroque Lutheran church built between 1774 and 1777 in the Cieplice district. It features a classicist interior and serves as a key architectural landmark of the local Protestant community.

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Pałac Schaffgotschów

Monumental late-Baroque palace built in the 1780s for the Schaffgotsch family. Located in the heart of the Cieplice spa district, the building is noted for its impressive facade and ballroom.

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Politechnika Wrocławska, ZOD w Jeleniej Górze

Regional branch of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, housed within the historic 18th-century Schaffgotsch Palace in the Cieplice district.

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Dom Hauptmanna

Former residence of German Nobel Prize-winning author Gerhart Hauptmann. The museum preserves the writer's study, library, and original Art Nouveau interior decorations within his 'Wiesenstein' villa.

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Karkonoskie Museum

Small yet interesting museum that is entirely dedicated to glass and his production in the region.

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Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia.

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Park Zdrojowy

Historic spa park in the Cieplice district dating back to the 18th century. It features manicured walking paths, a theater building, and the wooden Pavilion of Norway.

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