Lower Silesia, Poland · Europe
Żarów is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Jaworzyna Śląska, 45km from Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.
Żarów is in Lower Silesia, Poland, with about 6,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Jaworzyna Śląska, about 5 km away.
Żarów [ˈʐaruf] (German: Saarau) is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żarów.
As of 2020, the town has a population of 12,335. 53.9% of the population is classified as urban, while 46.1% is classified asRead more
rural.
In 2016, town limits were expanded by including a part of the village of Mrowiny.
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Within an hour or so of Żarów: Church of Peace, Świdnica (11 km), Ksiaz Castle (18 km), Osówka Underground City (31 km), Wrocław Bronze Dwarfs (42 km).
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Żarów is in Lower Silesia, Poland, about 5 km from Jaworzyna Śląska.
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8 notable places within an hour's 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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
18 km · about 20 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Over 300 whimsical bronze dwarf figurines scattered throughout the city streets, each with a unique character and story.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
One of the largest and most beautiful medieval market squares in Europe, with colourful townhouses and the famous bronze dwarf statues.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A colourful Silesian square framed by a Gothic town hall, with hundreds of bronze dwarfs hidden around the city.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed pioneering reinforced-concrete structure from 1913 surrounded by a stunning multimedia fountain complex.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
45 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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