natural wonder
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Krzeszów
Lower Silesia, Poland · Europe
About Krzeszów
Krzeszów works well as a base: 10 minutes from Czarny Bór, 14km from Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.
Krzeszów is in Lower Silesia, Poland, with about 1,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Czarny Bór, about 6 km away.
Krzeszów Abbey (Polish: Klasztor w Krzeszowie, German: Kloster Grüssau) is a historical Baroque Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland.
The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized by the Prussian state. Since 1919, it was again run byRead more
Benedictines, exiles from Prague. The new location in post-war West Germany was referred to as Grüssau Abbey or Grüssau-Wimpfen. The site of the abbey in Krzeszów, Poland, is known as Krzeszów Abbey. The abbey's Basilica of the Assumption contains a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty.
The name Grüssau Abbey refers to a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1947 in the town of Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg, where the German Grüssau (Krzeszów) community moved, after Krzeszów became again part of Poland following World War II.
The original abbey is now one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated May 1, 2004, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
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What is there to see near Krzeszów?
Within an hour or so of Krzeszów: Adršpach-Teplice Rocks (14 km), Ksiaz Castle (20 km), Snezka (23 km), Sniezka (23 km).
Are there any good drives near Krzeszów?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Krzeszów?
Krzeszów is in Lower Silesia, Poland, about 6 km from Czarny Bór.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,527
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Lower Silesia
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Coordinates
- 50.7343, 16.0699
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Worth the detour from Krzeszów
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Ksiaz Castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
20 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
23 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Sniezka
Highest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
23 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Krkonoše (Giant Mountains)
The highest mountains in the Czech Republic along the Polish border, a UNESCO biosphere reserve with Sněžka peak and dramatic glacial cirques.
24 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Osówka Underground City
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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Church of Peace, Świdnica
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
photogenic
Błędne Skały
A rock labyrinth at 853 m in the Table Mountains where a marked trail squeezes between mushroom-shaped sandstone blocks and metre-wide corridors: a filming location for The Chronicles of Narnia. Car access via a timed toll road from Karłów.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Krzeszów
- 23 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 23 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 34 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 34 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
- 76 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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