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Geography in Lower Silesia


Geography in Lower Silesia

Some of the geographic regions include:
  • The Giant Mountains (Polish - Karkonosze, Czech - Krkonoše, German - Riesengebirge), divided between Poland and the Czech Republic. Note that originally Germans lived on both sides of this border, still visible on old cemetaries on the Czech side - the Polish cleared all German tombstones when they annexed this part of Germany after WWII.
  • Snow Mountain (Polish - Śnieżka, Czech - Sněžka, German - Schneekoppe), the highest mountain in the Giant Mountains, 1602 m. high.
  • Jeleniogorska Valley (Polish - Kotlina Jeleniogórska) - a valley north to the Giant Mountains with Jelenia Góra (German Hirschberg) aglomeration,
  • Klodzko County (Polish - Kotlina Kłodzka, German - Grafschaft Glatz), a valley surrounded by several mountain ranges,main city Kłodzko (German: Glatz), contains several health resorts - Polanica Zdrój (German: Bad Alteheide), Duszniki Zdrój (German: Bad Reinerz), Kudowa Zdrój (German:Bad Kudowa).
  • Trzebnica Hills
  • Barten River Valley (Polish: Dolina Baryczy)includes:

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