Karpacz
Coat of arms
Karpacz
Coordinates: 50°46′42″N 15°45′26″E / 50.77833°N 15.75722°E / 50.77833; 15.75722
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Jelenia Góra
Gmina	Karpacz (urban gmina)
Area
- Total	37.99 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation	885 m (2,904 ft)
Lowest elevation	480 m (1,575 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	5,063
- Density	133.3/km2 (345.2/sq mi)
Website	http://www.karpacz.pl

Karpacz [ˈkarpat​͡ʂ] (German Krummhübel) is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing. Its population is about 5,000. Karpacz is situated in the Karkonosze mountains - a resort with increasing importance for tourism as an alternative to the Alps.

Karpacz is located at 480-885 metres above sea level. South of Karpacz on the border to the Czech Republic there is Mount Sněžka-Śnieżka (1,602 m). In Karpacz Górny there is a Norwegian stave church, moved here from Vang, Norway in the mid-19th century.

Krummhübel is first mentioned in 1599 because of lead and iron mining. Since the construction of Krummhübel's first railway connection in 1895 history was connected with the development of metallurgy industries and with the progress of tourism. The village was part of Germany until 1945. Krummhübel's original German population was forcibly expelled from the village between 1945 and 1947. The town was subsequently repopulated with ethnic Poles and renamed Karpacz.

In Karpacz Górny (German Brückenberg) is a gravity hill where bottles appear to roll uphill.

According to legend, Krummhübel was the home to Rübezahl, a giant.

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Karpacz is twinned with:

• Gdynia, Poland
• Hammel, Denmark
• Reichenbach, Germany
• Oberwiesenthal, Germany
• Kamenz, Germany
• Pec pod Sněžkou, Czech Republic
• Rewal, Poland

[edit] External links

• Karpacz website (Polish)
• Karpacz and wirtual Map (Polish)
• Karpacz 360 - virtual city (Polish)

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v • d • e Jelenia Góra County Seat (not part of the county): Jelenia Góra Urban gminas Karpacz • Kowary • Piechowice • Szklarska Poręba Rural gminas Gmina Janowice Wielkie • Gmina Jeżów Sudecki • Gmina Mysłakowice • Gmina Podgórzyn • Gmina Stara Kamienica

Coordinates: 50°47′N 15°45′E / 50.783°N 15.75°E / 50.783; 15.75

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