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pi±tek, 30 lipca 2010; dzi¶ imieniny: Julity, Ludmi³y, Zdobys³awa,
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LOWER SILESIA
SOUTH-WEST POLAND
 Z³oty Stok is situated at the foot of the Z³ote (Golden) Mountains, 19 km east of K³odzko, at the road from Upper Silesia via K³odzko to the border crossing Kudowa-S³one. The community area encompasses 76 sq km.
It is inhabited by a total of 5,200 people, including 3,200 people in the sole town of Z³oty Stok. The community comprises five village administrative units: M±kolno, Laski, Chwalis³aw, B³otnica and P³onica. There are bus connections with all villages of the community. At the motorway leading to Paczków there is a local border crossing to the Czech Republic.
Z³oty Stok is an important tourist center in the east part of the Sudety mountains, prepared to accept guest from Poland and abroad. The town and the community display industrial and agriculture characteristic. In the forests, consulting 46.2 % of the community territory, areas tree stand with much game have been preserved owing to poor development of industry in this of the Sudety mountain.
The history of Z³oty Stok is closely connected with mining of gold and arsenic in Lower Silesia. Excavating these ores has over a hundred year long tradition. In the course of research works conducted in the beginning of this century at the outlet of a quarry Z³oty Jar, old mining casings displaying characteristics of constructions used in the former century were found. The first historical document mentioning the existens of the settlement and mining works in the surroundings of Z³oty Stok goes back to 1273. It was the mining privilege granted by Henryk IV Probus to the Cistercian monastery in Kamieniec Z±bkowicki: In the 14th. Century a stormy and changeable period in the history of mining settlement started.
Z³oty Stok originated as a typical mining town, without any fortifications or defence walls. It most probably received the city rights before 1344. In the town center there is a market square with the town hall. Five picturesque streets set forth from the market often climbing up and down the slopes and built with 18th century buldings.
In Z³oty Stok only few historical houses been preserved. Two buildings are especially worth attention: an old mint and a so-called "fuggerowski" house. The mint is situated above the market square, at 1 Ko¶cielny square. It is a two-storey building from 1507. The building at the mint was reconstructed in the 17th and 18th century. The "fuggerowska" tenement house is situated in the middle frontage of the Market /20, Market Square/. At the church square there is the 13th century mining St Barbara church. The church was erected in 1217 by miners.
In the west part of the town, at the Spacerowa street, there is The Neo-Gothic Immaculate Conception parish church. At K³odzka street there is a one-aisle, late Gothic Holy Trinity church erected in 1853 by a mining foreman Kirchpauera.
Beside the Town Hall in Z³oty Stok there is a monument with a sleeping lion, a memorial of victims of the World War One. One the mount Góra Krzy¿owa (so-called Hermit) St Anna's indulgence chapel was built.
In the village M±kolno, founded in the 13th century by the Cistercian monks from Kamieniec Z±bkowicki, there is Baroque St Maria Magdalena's Church built in the period 1729-32. In the village of Laski with a characteristic ribbon development, there is a Gothic Holy Mary's Assumption church from the 15th -16th century. The Baroque St James' church built in the years 1722-26 is situated in the village Chwalis³aw. In P³onica village there is a late Baroque St Nicolas' church from 1777. In the village of B³otnica (founded about 1300) are remains of a medieval town around witch 11 oaks - monuments of nature grow.
Commune's attraction:
- Underground "Museum of Gold Mining and Metallurgy - "Gold Mine",
- Minerals Museum,
- St Barbara's Church,
- Neo-Gothic Immaculate Conception parish church,
- Holy Trinity Church erected in 1583,
- Mint erected in 1507, gold ducats were made there,
- St Anna's indulgence chapel,
- Fawn Hall erected in 1801,
- Churches in nearby village,
- Monumental tenements,
- Metamorphic rocks stone-pit in Z³oty Jar
Touristic routes.
There are 3 walking touristic routes in area of Z³oty Stok:
- red - to L±dek Zdrój, Radochowska Cave and Paczków (part of dr Or³owicz route)
- black - to Bystrzyca K³odzka
- green - to Bardo ¦l±skie and L±dek Zdrój.
Cycling traks.
There are 3 bicykle paths in area of Z³oty Stok:
- Szmaragdowa /emerald-green/ - border track, 13.6 km,
- Purpurowa /crimson/ - b³otnicka track, 9.2 km,
- Oliwkowa /olive/ - track across "Piêæ dróg" and "Bia³± Drogê", 28.7 km.
Routes are going round the city, they are marked and there are places to bivouac on the routes.
Huge wealth of commune are woods, there are a lot of pedestrian and bicycle path in there. The complexity of area maker that routes have different rank of difficulty. There are attractive even for the most exacting tourist. At present there are many agrotouristic farm in the neighbouring villages. Hosts invite and spur touristic by sumptuous recreation, accommodation and culinary offert.
"GOLD MINE"
Visitors are encouraged to see a collection of souvenirs associated with the ten centuries long history of gold mining in Z³oty Stok. Exhibits are arranged in the old mine.
"Gertruda" drift - 500 meters of galleries with a museum exhibition showing:
- a collection (45 exhibits) of unique maps and plants of mines coming from the period starting from the second half of the 18th century to the first halt to the 20th century,
- melting pots and forms for gold casting used in the local works,
- laboratory instruments from the first half of the 20th century and reagents used for examining are samples,
- mining tools from 16th, 17th and 18th centuries found in old workings,
- wooden cars used for underground transporting the out put,
- a rich collection (approx. 300 exhibits) of minerals occurring in the Sudety mountains.
"Czarna" ("Black") drift - a route with the length of approx. 200 meters leading along 17th century hand-hewn galleries leads to unique phenomenon, an 8 meters high underground waterfall.
Touristic Service:
"Aurum", Z³oty Stok, ul. Z³ota 7;
tel./fax 8175-508, tel. 8175-574, e-mail: aurum.ela@interia.pl, www.ptt.pl
Accomodation:
- hotel "Z³oty Jar", pl. Ko¶cielny 2, tel. 8175-286 ,
- pensjonat "Z³oty Jar", ul. Staszica 20, tel. 8175-178,
- hotel przy PUT "Kopalnia Z³ota", ul. Z³ota 7, tel. 8175-574 lub 8175-508,
- O¶rodek POD "Rado¶æ ", ul. 3 Maja, tel. 8175-246
Agrotouristic farms:
- "U Alberta", M. i B. Parysz, Laski 78, tel. 8177-410, fax. 8321-956, e-mail: biuro@parysz.com.pl
- "Polny bukiet", W. i A. Potemkin, Laski 15, tel. 8177-928
- "Mateusz", E. Szczepaniak - Chwalis³aw 61, tel. 8177-384, kom. 501 718 706, 501 718 716
- "Jan", R. Ko³odziej - Chwalis³aw 70, tel. 8177-365,
- "Trzy koguty", Cz. i M. Potemkin, Laski 153, tel. 8177-905,
- Gospodarstwo rybackie Ireneusz Waszczuk, Z³oty Stok - kolonia, tel. 8175-439, kom. 607 537 182
Place to bivouac:
- "Bajcerówka" - W³adys³aw Bajcer, ul. Traugutta.
Restaurants:
- "Z³oty Jar" - ul. Wojska Polskiego 1, tel. 8175-555,
- Pensjonat "Z³oty Jar" - ul. Staszica 20, tel. 8175-178,
- "Klubowa", ul. 3 Maja 10, tel. 8175-215,
Bars:
- Mini Bar "Apetit" - ul. K³odzka 1 - obok dworca PKS, tel. 8175-017, kom. 604 562 299
- "Auto-Bar" przy trasie Z³oty Stok-Paczków /przy stacji paliw ELSIN/
- "Darz Bór" na trasie Z³oty Stok-Paczków,
Pubs:
- "Pod Lipk±", Z³oty Stok, pl. Mickiewicza,
- "Krokus", Z³oty Stok, ul. 3 Maja
Information:
Tel. 0 48 74
Post code: Z³oty Stok, M±kolno, P³onica, B³otnica, Chwalis³aw: 57-250, Laski: 57-251
Made by:
Centrum Kultury i Promocji w Z³otym Stoku, ul. 3 Maja 10, 57-250 Z³oty Stok, Tel.: 074/ 8175-591, 8175-121
e-mail: ckipzlotystok@interia.pl,
www.zlotystok.net
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Transleted by:
Ma³gorzata Chiciak
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