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Walbrzych

Country
Poland
State
Lower Silesia
City
Walbrzych
Type of Location
Multiple
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By Train

Site run by the railway lines of supra-regional importance.Earlier in the Walbrzych there were six stations.The main railway line passing through the Walbrzych is a railway line No 274 of Wroclaw (by Katy Wroclawskie, Imbramowice, Jaworzyna Silesia, Swiebodzice) to Jelenia Gora (by Boguszow-Gorce, Marciszow) and continue to Szklarska Poreba and Gorlitz (by Gryphon Slaski, Luban Slaski and Zgorzelec).Its origins date back to March 1853 when it launched the first 12.3 km 2-track section Swiebodzice -Walbrzych.Currently, with six stations remaining fourth These are: Main Walbrzych, Walbrzych City, Walbrzych and Walbrzych Szczawienko Factory.

By Bus

Currently principal activity is Walbrzych MPK public transport service on behalf of the Board of Roads and Communications in Walbrzych.MPK WOZA bus passengers on ordinary lines 19 that support the City of Walbrzych area and the City of Szczawno-Zdroj.By 2006 the city served by MPK Boguszow-Gorce and its main bus service from Walbrzych in zone 32 In the area of Walbrzych MPK also supports 3 lines free to supermarkets and one line periodical.Overall, the business area is home to approximately 130 thousand people.The total line length is over 200 km, spread over an area 100 km2.In early April 2011 the crew entered into a collective dispute with the board but failed to win anything.The protest ended just as quickly as it began.

By Road

By Walbrzych leads the way and the railway line to the transition from the Czech Republic in Golinsk.It is connected by rail with three centers: Wroclaw, Jelenia Gora and Klodzka.Walbrzych is a road junction, the site runs through several major routes.The national road No. 35 ( Wroclaw - Mieroszow - Golinsk (Border with the Czech Republic), provincial road 367 (Jelenia Gora - Walbrzych), provincial road No. 379 (Swidnica - Walbrzych), provincial road No. 375 (Old Bogaczowice - Walbrzych), provincial road No 381 (Klodzko - Nowa Ruda - Walbrzych) and provincial road No 376 (Walbrzych - Szczawno-Zdroj - Stone Mountain).The city lies less than 40 kilometers from the A4 motorway and about 20 kilometers from the planned S3 expressway.

Key places to visit
Ksiaz Castle, Lubiechowska Palm House, Walbrzych Cultural Centre, George Szaniawski Drama Theatre, Walbrzych Puppet and Actor Theatre, Walbrzych Art Gallery


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Places to Visit

Ksiaz Castle

is a castle in Silesia, Poland near the town of Walbrzych.It was built in 1288-1292 under Bolko I the Strict.It lies within a protected area called Ksiaz Landscape Park.The original fortification was destroyed in the year 1263 by Ottokar II of Bohemia.Bolko I, Duke of Swidnica and Jawor built a new castle between 1288 and 1292.Duke Bolko II of Swidnica died in 1368 without having children with his wife Agnes von Habsburg.After her death in the year 1392 King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia obtained the castle.In 1401 Janko z Chociemic obtained the castle.The Bohemian Hussites occupied the castle between 1428-1429.In the year 1464 Birka z Nasiedla obtained the castle from the Bohemian crown.He sold it to Hans von Schellendorf. This second castle was destroyed in 1482 by Georg von Stein.In the year 1509 Konrad I von Hoberg (from 1714: Hochberg) obtained the castle hill.The Hochberg family owned the castle until 1941.It was a part of the Project Riese until 1945.The castle was occupied by the Red army in 1945.Most artifacts were lost or destroyed.

Lubiechowska Palm House

a palm house with an area of about 1900 m2, situated in Walbrzych estate Lubiechow.This is one of the oldest facilities of its kind in Poland, built in the years 1911-1913 with the command of Henry XV von Pless.The Palm House, which operates at a cafe and shop with plants, is available for visitors.It gathered about 80 species of plants from around the world and the additional interest is the fact that the palm house walls from the inside cover of the Mount Etna volcanic tuff.The dome of the building rose to a height of 15 m.The palm house was located a Japanese garden, rosarium, fruit and vegetable garden and an area for growing plants.Upon completion of construction brought about 80 species of exotic plants.In 1963, modernized the building, heating and windows are listed.In 1978, a hiking trail was extended to 500 m. The exchanged part of the structure.The current owner is a palm house the Agricultural Property Agency of the Treasury.

Walbrzych Cultural Centre

is an institution acting in Walbrzych.Headquarters is located in the district of Sand Mountain and White Stone.Walbrzych Cultural Centre is an institution that leads many cultural events, entertainment and education throughout the city.Engages in the cultural life of the inhabitants offering classes stood conducted by specialized people.Many walbrzyszan may be actively involved in the animation of the cultural life of the city through participation in various art classes, music, dance, entertainment.

George Szaniawski Drama Theatre

Drama Theatre Jerzy Szaniawski in Walbrzych was created as a municipal theater in 1957 year.Nucleus of today's theater was founded in 1947 the theater hall.Aleksander Fredro, who performed for more then a small Polish population (around 7000).Also collaborated with the then existing theater Jelenia Gora.But Walbrzych scene was not independent and had no permanent place performances.Reasons for this were many but most important was the lack of free building.Scene Walbrzych was officially opened until 1956, when I created the scene here Dolnoslaskich affiliate of the State Theatre in Jelenia Gora.Municipal National Council in 1960 passed a resolution requiring the city to institute proceedings Walbrzych for the appointment of dramatic theater.

Walbrzych Puppet and Actor Theatre

History Walbrzych Puppet and Actor Theatre dates back 1,945 years when it opened shortly after the close of Music School was an amateur - a social rather Puppet Theatre Puppet Theatre.Theatre was established and was born with life passion spouses Karwatow Melanie and Thaddeus, who even before World War II engaged in Sosnowiec theater Baj-Baj.The first rehearsals for the premiere performance of O brave Szewczyku, golden-haired princess, a terrible dragon and carnation king "took place in a private apartment of the Karwatow.The premiere took place in December 1945 in the hall of "La Boheme" at Podgorze, a living room at that time the city of Walbrzych.The original band in addition to the already mentioned Karwat T. - director and also director of the theater comprised three people: designer Ferdinand Drabik and actors Anna Bialas, Melania Karwatowa and Zdzislaw Sanecki.In 1951, the theater gets a subsidy from the Social Capital Reconstruction Fund and purchases a building at ul. 16 where the horn is located today.

Walbrzych Art Gallery

Walbrzych Art Gallery Art Exhibitions Bureau "Ksiaz Castle" was created as an independent unit 1 January 1976 by Governor Walbrzych and from 1 January 1996 is organized by the Municipality of Walbrzych.The aim of the gallery is to promote contemporary art through the presentation of interesting and original creative attitudes of artists from home and abroad, and creators of their environment.Gallery carries a dozen exhibitions annually in its own premises and prepares and presents exhibitions in foreign institutions.The most interesting realization of the exhibition included posters of Jan Sawka of the U.S. woodcuts HAP Grirshabera, Polish artistic personalities such as John Szancenbach, Janina Kraupe, Adam Myjak, Wladyslaw Hasior, Stanislaw Mikulski, Tom Setowski.

Right Time to Visit

September - February

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