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![[Jastrzębie Zdrój city flag]](../images/p/pl-sl-jz.gif)
by czlek ze wsi królów, 18 Jan 2002
I'm just "walking" through your flag web site. It is really interesting.
I'd like to send you another: municipal flag of city of Jastrzebie Zdroj
(county of the same name - this city is a county for itself only). Jastrzębie
Zdrój is a town of 100 thousand inhabitants situated at the foot of the
Beskidy Mountains, in the southern part of the Upper Silesian, near the
border with Czech Republic. In 1859 while driving exploratory boreholes
for coal, saline deposit has been found. In 1861 the first spring house
was opened. The health resort experienced its full bloom and splendour,
when dr Mikołaj Witczak was its owner. In those days set of a health resort
enriched itself the next buildings and the spa quickly became one of the
most exclusive resorts in Europe. Outbreak of World War Two stopped development
of the health resort. After World War Two, buildings were restored and
the health resort was set on foot again. In 1951 intensive geological searches
brought about discovery the large seams of pit-coal. In the years 1962
to 1974 five coal mines were built. Jastrzębie Zdrój received city rights
in 1963.
Source: this website.
czlek ze wsi królów, 18 Jan 2002