Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Hirschberg, Poland


Well, having mentioned it, here is a view of the town's main square.  One of the area's former tramcars can be seen further along, now serving as an information booth.  The Poles translated the name to Jelenia Gora, and both simply mean 'deer mountain'. A statue of a deer's head is also in the square, erected to mark the town's 900th anniversary in 2008.  Although like much of Poland, the neglect of the communist years is still very evident, it and the neighbouring towns are places worth visiting.

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