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Ksiaz Castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
24 km · about 30 min drive
Lower Silesia, Poland · Europe
Jawor is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Paszowice, 48km from Krkonoše (Giant Mountains).
Jawor is a town located in Lower Silesia, Poland. With a population of 23,865, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Jawor sits in Poland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Warsaw time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Jawor to your route.
Jawor [ˈjavɔr] (German: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Jawor County.
One of the oldest towns in the region, with a history of more than a thousand years, Jawor was one of the main centers of weaving in SilesiaRead more
and, in 1274–1392, the capital of an eponymous principality ruled by a local line of the Piast dynasty. It has a preserved medieval urban layout with several Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque structures, including the Church of Peace, a Historic Monument of Poland and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jawor is the site for electrical machinery, chemical, paper and food industries, and there are numerous granite and basalt quarries near the town. Through the town flows the 31 mile long Raging Nysa river (pl: Nysa Szalona).
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Jawor is located in Lower Silesia, Poland, Europe. The coordinates are 51.0513 latitude, 16.1935 longitude.
Jawor has a population of approximately 23,865 people, making it a town in Poland.
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castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
24 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Europe's largest timber-framed church, raised in 1656–57 by Silesian Lutherans who were forbidden stone, nails or a tower: the wattle-and-daub interior holds 7,500 people under painted galleries. UNESCO-listed.
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
The largest visitable complex of Nazi Germany's Project Riese: 3.1 km of tunnels bored into the Owl Mountains in 1943–45 for a purpose still debated. Partly flooded sections are toured by boat.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
47 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Highest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
47 km · about 55 min drive
national park
The highest mountains in the Czech Republic along the Polish border, a UNESCO biosphere reserve with Sněžka peak and dramatic glacial cirques.
48 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
49 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Czechia's oldest national park along the Polish border, with high moorland, the source of the Elbe and mountain roads to Spindleruv Mlyn.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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