Kudowa-Zdrój

Infobox Settlement
name = Kudowa-Zdrój
image_shield = POL Kudowa-Zdrój COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kłodzko
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kudowa-Zdrój (urban gmina)
latd = 50 | latm = 26 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 14 | longs = | longEW = E
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1354
area_total_km2 = 33.90
population_density_km2 = auto
elevation_max_m = 420
elevation_min_m = 370
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 10204

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website = http://www.kudowa.pl

Kudowa-Zdrój [IPA-pl|k|u|'|d|o|w|a|-|'|z|d|r|u|j] ( _de. Bad Kudowa, _cz. Chudoba) is a town situated in the foothills of the Stołowe Mountains in the southwestern part of Poland, in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, about 400 m above sea level. It has a population of about 10,000. It is located right at the Polish-Czech border, just across from the Czech town of Náchod, and some 40 km west of Kłodzko.

This is a spa town where heart and circulation system diseases are cured. In the downtown area, there is a park, styled on 17th century revival, with exotic plants and a mineral water pump room. Due to its location, the town is a great place for tourism, walking, biking, and as the departure point for trips. Among numerous attractions of the region which are worth seeing is The Chapel of Skulls and The Moving Nativity Scene in Czermna, The Basilica in Wambierzyce, The Bear Cave in Kletno or the heritage park in Pstrążna. The remarkable natural beauty of the nearby Table Mountains invites visitors to relax and hike in the scenic natural wonder. It is only 3 kilometers from the centre of the town to the Czech border and about 140 kilometers to Praha, the capital of the Czech Republic which makes it possible to organize a short trip to this beautiful city.

History

Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest spa resorts in Poland and Europe. It is first mentioned in a document by Henry the Older, son of the Hussite Czech king George of Podebrady. The original name of the village was Lipolitov, but in the mid-XVI century it was changed to Chudoba, later on Kudoba, Bad Kudowa and in 1945 to Kudowa-Zdrój.The oldest part of Kudowa is Czermna, dating back to XVI century. The first record of a mineral waters in the area comes from 1580 from the chronicles of Louis of Náchod, under the name Cermenske Lazne.In 1625 (or, as some sourses say, as early as 1621), G. Aelurius, a Protestant monk in his work "Glaciografia" writes about the great taste of the mineral waters from Kudowa, how healthy they were and that they were used for winemaking.

Town's districts

ZakrzeSłoneCzermna

ister city

*Flag|Czech Republic, Náchod

External links

* [http://www.kudowa.pl/ Official website]
* [http://www.ad24.pl/informacja/36.html Kudowa-Zdrój on Map]