The highest waterfall in the Polish part of The Karkonosze Mountains. Its threshold is situated at the altitude of 843 m above sea level. The waterfall forms a three-level cascade 27 m high falling...
Mysterious and incredibly romantic tombs, are hidden behind huge boulders, at the crest of a low lightly forested hill. Two nameless stone tablets cover the remains of the last residents of nearby...
The most interesting natural element of the churchyard park is the young "papal oak" planted in 2006 to commemorate Pope John Paul II. This peculiar "living memorial" grew out of an acorn collected...
At Leśna Street in Kowary, there is the newly-built seat of the "Śnieżka" Forest District Office.The area of activity of this institution covers two mountain ranges the Giant Mountains and the...
The City Park stretches between Matejki, Kwiatowa and Parkowa Streets in Kowary. The part of the park with rare specimens of trees planted by man gently turns into a natural piedmont forest. The...
In the northern part of the City Park, among trees and shrubs, we can easily find a large sized rock with a carved inscription in German. The rock commemorates Hendrich Mende who probably lived in...
The Schaffgotsch family, ruling vast lands around Karkonosze Mountains, settled in Cieplice in 1675. Their previous seat was the Chojnik castle, burned down due to a stroke of lightning. They settled...
The palace in Staniszów is the former grand residence of the counts von Reuss, who are also associated with the ruins of Prince Heinrich’s castle hidden in the forest atop the Grodna. But before we...
