Location: Jawor
Top Things to do in Jawor
5 Things to do in Jawor That You Shouldn't Miss
Jawor [ˈjavɔr] (German: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 24,347 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies approximately 61 kilometres (38 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Restaurants in Jawor
1. Splash!
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Ewangelicki Kosciol Pokoju
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
3. The Church of Peace
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4.5 based on 187 reviews
Reviewed By Marek_ZG - Zielona Gora, Poland
The Church of Peace, which is a real pearl, contracts with the ruins of the Castle in Jawor and therefore I have decided to associate the town with this beautiful church , not the ruins and the boarded castle windows.
4. Regional Museum in Jawor
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
5. Jawor Castle
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2.5 based on 18 reviews
The Castle was built in XIII century, and was the base of the castellan and later of Prince Bolko I and his successors. From XVI century it was the base of the imperial deputy. Damaged after the Thirty-year War, the castle was rebuilt by Otto von Nostitz to the form of a modern residence. His ambition was to create an imitation of Viennese court, but further rebuilds from XVIII and XIX century faded away the shape of a baroque residence. Up to this day the only part of a renaissance character is the west wing, and of a baroque one - the north-east wing. Since 1746 till the end of the 1950-ties there was a prison in the castle (in 1888–1945 for women only). During the World War II the members of the Resistance from Norway and France were imprisoned there, this is commemorated by a monument situated in the courtyard.
