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The Death Curve

This sharp, almost 180-degree curve, sometimes also called the Devil’s Bend, was created in the second half of the 1930s, when the so-called The Sudeten Road, leading from Szklarska Poręba to Świeradów-Zdrój was constructed.

As you can easily guess, it owes its name to death toll it accumulated throughout the years among the drivers traversing this mountain route. Over the years, many tragic accidents have occurred at the bend, with the most tragic one in 1945, when trucks carrying Soviet soldiers fell into the abyss below. Above all, however, it has always been a perfect observation point – not without reason, in the 1940s, the view over landscape that stretched from it – the panorama of the Karkonosze along with the Jelenia Góra Valley was called the Golden View. Below the bend there is a black trail leading, next to, among others, former pyrite mine tunnels, to Zbójeckie Skały in Szklarska Poręba.

 

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See Museum and Education Center of the Karkonosze National Park in Sobieszów under constuction

The end of works is scheduled for the turn of 2022/2023

Lower Silesia – a region for active people

Lower Silesia is a wealth of bicycle routes. Discover the best of the many routes!

Active exploring Lower Silesia with the whole family

Shared moments with the family, sports adventures, discovering the region from the perspective of two wheels - all this can be offered by Lower Silesia

Christmas markets attract visitors in Wrocław and Lower Silesia

The Wrocław Christmas Market started on November 19. It will last until the end of the year until December 31, including New Year's Eve. It is also worth considering the fairs in Kliczków, Łomnica and at the Grodziec Castle as a tourist attraction.

Slow travel in Lower Silesia

Peace and quiet, unpaved routes - that sounds like slow travel. See the Slow Travel map of Lower Silesia with attractions in the spirit of slow tourism

Traces of the past

The cultural inheritance that has been experienced by the contemporary inhabitants of Lower Silesia is, in fact, priceless. To the turbulent fortunes and the multinational society that contributed to the history of the region, Lower Silesian people owe to this day enchanting and mysterious castles, richly decorated palaces and magnificent sacred buildings, which together give larger or smaller towns and villages of which they are treasures a truly unique character. ...

The Okraj Pass and the Na Przełęczy Okraj shelter

The pass is located in the eastern Karkonosze Mountains and rises to a height of 1046 m above sea level.

Mirsk commune

An urban-rural commune in the south-western part of the Lower Silesia Province, situated at the foot of the Izera Mountains, on the route from Szklarska Poręba to Świeradów-Zdrój.

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