Stary Zdrój (German: Altwasser) is a district of the city of Wałbrzych in southwestern Poland.

Stary Zdrój
District of Wałbrzych
View from the King John III Sobieski Park
View from the King John III Sobieski Park
Stary Zdrój is located in Poland
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Stary Zdrój
Stary Zdrój
Coordinates: 50°46′43″N 16°17′50″E / 50.77861°N 16.29722°E / 50.77861; 16.29722
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
County/cityWałbrzych
First mentioned1357
Population
 (2014)
8,601[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 74

Formerly a spa town, it is located 43 m. by rail S.W. from Wrocław, and 3 m. N. from centre of Wałbrzych. It has factories for glass, porcelain (Fabryka Porcelany Wałbrzych S.A.), machinery, cotton-spinning, iron-foundries and used to have coal-mines.

The oldest known mention of the settlement comes from a 1357 document from the nearby Krzeszów Abbey, when it was under Polish rule as part of the Duchy of Świdnica. In 1900 the population was 12,144.[2] There are two historic churches and a railway station in Stary Zdrój.

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  1. ^ "Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha". Nasz Wałbrzych – niezależny portal miejski (in Polish). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Altwasser". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.