Kłodzko Valley

2013 Panorama Ziemi Kłodzkiej z Zieleńca 1

The Kłodzko Valley ( pl, Kotlina Kłodzka, cs, Kladská kotlina, german: Glatzer Kessel) a

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in the

Sudetes The Sudetes ( ; pl, Sudety; german: Sudeten; cs, Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie), commonly known as the Sudeten Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince in Central Europe, shared by Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. They consi ...

mountain range, that covers the central part of Kłodzko County in south-western

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, with the southern tip extending to the

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around the town of Králíky. The chief and largest town in the valley is Kłodzko. It is traversed by the upper Nysa Kłodzka river running from south to north and surrounded by the Table Mountains, Bardzkie Mountains and

Bystrzyckie Mountains The Bystrzyckie Mountains (, , cs, Bystřické hory) are a mountain range in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, coverin ...

of the

Central Sudetes The Central Sudetes ( cs, Orlická oblast or ''Střední Sudety'', pl, Sudety Środkowe, german: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodz ...

in the west as well as by the

Śnieżnik Mountains The Snieznik Mountains, sometimes also Śnieżnik Mountains ( pl, Masyw Śnieżnika, cs, Králický Sněžník, german: Glatzer Schneegebirge) are a massif in the Eastern Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. On the Polish side ...

, Golden Mountains and

Owl Mountains The Owl Mountains ( pl, Góry Sowie, cs, Soví hory, german: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park. Geography The Owl Mountains cover ...

of the

Eastern Sudetes The Eastern Sudetes ( pl, Sudety Wschodnie, cs, Východní Sudety or ''Jesenická oblast'') are the eastern part of the Sudetes mountains on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Kłodzko Valley and the Eastern Neis ...

in the east. The

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es of Kudowa/ Běloves in the west and of

Międzylesie Międzylesie (german: Mittelwalde) is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Międzylesie, close to the Czech border. It lies approxima ...

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in the south connect to Czech areas around Náchod and Králíky respectively. Flowing through the valley, Nysa Kłodzka is joined by

Biała Lądecka Biała (the feminine form of Polish ''biały'' 'white') may refer to: Cities and towns in Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Biała, Gmina Trzcianka * Biała, Gmina Wieleń * Biała, Kalisz County * Biała, Konin County Łó ...

Bystrzyca Dusznicka Bystrzyca may refer to: Rivers *Bystrzyca (Odra), a tributary of the Oder *, a tributary of the Tyśmienica * Bystrzyca Dusznicka, a tributary of the Nysa Kłodzka * Bystrzyca Łomnicka, a tributary of the Nysa Kłodzka * Bystrytsia River, a riv ...

and Ścinawka rivers, and then exits it in the northeast through the Bardzkie Mountains to

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Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

. In ancient times, the

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led through the Kłodzko Valley. The valley is part of the

Kłodzko Land Kłodzko Land ( pl, Ziemia kłodzka; cs, Kladsko; german: Glatzer Land) is a historical region in southwestern Poland. The subject of Czech-Polish rivalry in the High Middle Ages, it became a Bohemian domain since the 12th century, although with ...

region, which is a

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destination both in summer and winter, with numerous

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and many mountain

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