Miedzianka (Kupferberg) – one big mystery.
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- Miedzianka is a town that disappeared from the face of the earth in the 60s. – literally collapsed underground crossed by numerous mining walkways
- it is worth getting to know the history of Miedzianka before visiting, because without preparation you can get the impression that there is nothing interesting there. With the knowledge of how the town lived and looked like before, you can spend there even a few hours looking for old places
- we recommend reading Filip Springer’s reportage book entitled: Copper. History of disappearance
- in Miedzianka and neighboring Mniszków, residents have created a really interesting educational path, on the path you will find 16 desktops and 3 large tablets, the length of the path is 6 km
- in the village you can try beer from the Miedzianka brewery
- in Miedzianka at the end of August there is a literary festival “Miedzianka on the way”
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK “MIEDZIANKA – THE HISTORY OF DISAPPEARING”
Coppferberge, Kopferberg, Kupferberg, Miedzianka – a small town near Jelenia Góra, which does not exist. Just as there is no Town Hall inn, where local ladies, gossiping at one of the tables, grimaced in disgust as their husbands sang “If you had another mother-in-law, then…”. There are no games during which Martin Lehmann played the saxophone, and dancing couples swirl around. There is also no brewery, paper mill, stonemason’s workshop, craft workshops. There is no Mrs. Trenkler, who sewed shirts, Mrs. Assmann and Mrs. Alex, who was in the bed linen, Mrs. Breuer, who traded in butter and eggs. There is no cemetery on the road to Mniszków with a view of the Rudawy Janowickie, and in the area it is still remembered how tombstones were pulled out of the ground with tractors, and dogs dragged human bones all over the village.
For more than two years, Filip Springer searched for an answer to the question of why a town with a seven-century tradition disappeared from the face of the earth. Was it due to the destruction caused by the robbery of uranium mining by the Russians carried out here in the years 1948 – 1952? Or were the stories about mining damage invented by the authorities as an excuse to demolish the city and hide the secret from the past?
(source of description: Wydawnictwo Czarne).
