page_title: Jelenia Góra Valley
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Jelenia Góra Valley / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Zbiornik wody pitnej dla Jeleniej Góry "Sosnówka" widziany od strony Szwedzkich Skał. English: Kotlina Jeleniogórska, Zbiornik Sosnówka, Karkonosze Mountains, Poland Deutsch: Blick von den Schwedensteinen bei Hain über die Trinkwassertalsperre "Sosnówka" und das Hirschberger Tal zum Bober-Katzbach-Gebirge.
context_page_description: Jelenia Góra Valley in Poland is a big valley at the Silesian northern side of the Western Sudetes and next to Kłodzko Valley the largest intermontane basin of the Sudetes. It is situated at an altitude of 250–400 meters above sea level and covers an area of 273 km². In the 19th century, the lovely landscape attracted the Prussian high nobility, which built magnificent palaces, manors and parks. The enormous number of stately homes turned the valley into one of the most important garden landscapes in Middle Europe.
  The palaces and landscape parks of the Jelenia Góra valley represent one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments, as designated September 20, 2011. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
context_section_description: Jelenia Góra valley is surrounded by parts of the Sudetes mountains. It lies at the foot of the Karkonosze, which are also its southern limit. In the east it borders the Rudawy Janowickie, in the west the Jizera Mountains and in the north to the Kaczawskie Mountains. River Bóbr runs through the valley along its northern side, its tributaries Łomnica and Kamienna flow, from the southeast and south-west, along the eastern and western side of the valley and open out near since Jelenia Góra into the Bóbr. The name of the valley derives from Jelenia Góra, which is also the most important town of the Silesian Karkonosze.
  The valley is characterised by ridges which are separated by smaller basins. Wzgórza Karpnickie near Karpniki is the easternmost ridge, followed by Obniżenie Mysłakowickie basin near Mysłakowice to the west, Wzgórza Łomnickie ridge to the southeast of Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój (a spa district of Jelenia Góra), the wide basin Obniżenie Sobieszowa near Sobieszów, Wysoczyzna Rybnicy ridge north west of Piechowice and Starej Kamienicy basin near Stara Kamienica.
caption: Jelenia Góra Valley - view from Karkonosze (Great) Mountains to Kaczawskie Mountains.
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