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Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Świdnica is a city of 58,000 inhabitants in Dolnośląskie, Poland. It lies 55km southwest of the regional capital Wrocław. The Peace Church of Świdnica is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Kościół Pokoju
On the UNESCO World Heritage List - dating from the 1600s and built out of unusual materials (wood and hay), it resembles a theatre or opera house more than a church. Covered top to bottom in beautiful, old, folk-art-style paintings, the Peace Church is absolutely worth a visit.
Cmentarz Komunaly
Behind the Peace Church is an old German cemetery which as of July 2008 was completely overgrown, giving it a creepy atmosphere and making it a great destination for photographers and seekers of the arcane.
Muzeum Broni i Militariów
Muzeum Dawnego Kupiectwa
It deals with old commerce with exhibits of weighing scale, containers, advertisements, and so on.
A private museum in Jaworzyna Śląska, with the goal of protection and promotion of the technical cultural heritage. The collection consists of 50 steam, diesel and electric locomotives, as well as 100 wagons and specialized railway vehicles, e.g. WM-10 handcars. The collection also includes functional rail vehicles - a Polish TKt48-18 steam locomotive from 1951, a Czechoslovak 830 series rail bus from 1955, the oldest active diesel locomotive in Poland, a Deutz OMZ 122 R from 1940, an Ls40 4606 diesel locomotive, and a locomotive maneuvering vehicle SM30-531 from 1961.
By train
The regional rail operator Koleje Dolnoslaskie has direct train connection going from Wrocław Główny that takes a little more than an hour.
By car
You can easily get there by car from Wrocław, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra.
By bus
City is served by MPK Świdnica which has relatively good coverage of the city and its surroundings.
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