Termy Cieplice
Silesia's oldest thermal springs, in a Baroque spa quarter below the Karkonosze.
Paweł Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Source temperature
- 44°C
- Bathing temperature
- 34°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
Bathing at Cieplice is documented from the thirteenth century, making it the oldest thermal resort in Silesia; the springs rise at up to 44 °C beneath a Baroque spa quarter of colonnades and parkland now part of Jelenia Góra. The modern Termy Cieplice adds glazed indoor and outdoor thermal pools to the surviving cure buildings.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Cieplice springs
- Mineralisation
- Fluoride-bearing, weakly mineralised silicate water
- Character
- Silesia's oldest thermal springs, rising up to about 44 °C and used since the Middle Ages.
Practical information
A tram-and-bus ride from Jelenia Góra centre and a good base for the Karkonosze mountains; the historic spa park and drinking pavilion are free to walk through.
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