Swieradow-Zdroj lies 100 km from Wroclaw and 300 km from Berlin, not far from the borders with the Czech Republic and Germany. It is situated in the very middle of the Sudety Mountains, on the northern slope of the Izerskie Mountains. Located at 490-550 m above sea level, Swieradow occupies the Kwisa river valley, between the two mountains of Stog Izerski (1,107 m) and Sepia Gora (828 m).

The specific climate, balmy and with healing properties, is determined by several factors, namely its altitude above sea level, the proximity to the mountains and forests as well as vapours of the local mineral waters. Though the coolest and most humid in all of the Sudety, the climate of Swieradow boosts immunity to illness.

Swieradow-Zdroj was probably established at the close of the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century. The oldest record of Swieradow dates back to 1337, mentioning a tavern called “Fegebeutel”, from which the settlement of lumbermen and shepherds took its name. This word means “a place where your purse will be cleaned” (“Czyscisakwa” in Polish). Later the name was changed to Bad Flinsberg. Flins was one of the pagan gods of Lusatians, although whether it is a correct origin of the n... ( more >>)