The commune of Duszniki Zdrój includes the south-western part of
Obniżenie Dusznickie and considerable part of Orlickie Mountains and
Bystrzyckie Mountains. The town itself is situated on Bystrzyca
Dusznicka river and its tributaries - Podgórna and Jastrzębiak with
Bramecka Woda. Duszniki Zdrój borders from east and north with Szczytna
commune and from north-west with Lewin Kłodzki commune. Western and
southern borders of the town run through the flat area of Orlickie
Mountains and at the same time they create the state border with Czech
Republic. Administrational borders of the commune include separated in
space, isolated by forest complexes, building groups of various
function-space structure, namely: town, spa, Podgórze, Graniczna,
Zieleniec, Kozia Hala, Jamrozowa Polana and Wapienniki.
The town consists of a whole living complex of Duszniki Zdrój including
industrial and service area gathered around antique down town quarter.
The spa consists of sanatorium-holiday-service buildings south from the
town. It is surrounded by the forests of park character that create
good isolation from the town and Podgórze.
Town
center and spa part buildings cover mountains' slopes and the Bystrzyca
Dusznicka river valley with its tributaries. The flat river bottom,
wide in its north part, narrows in the resort area and turns in the
south into ravine type. The natural scenery of that part of the town is
of piedmont character but area denivellings are big here. Slopes move
into steep, arched hills that reach 560 - 775 meters above sea level.
(Wzgórze Rozalia - 560m, Ceglana Góra - 611m, Miejska Góra - 607m,
Ptasia Góra - 745m, Ołtarz - 650m, Stołek - 761m, Koniuch - 775m).
Different, mountain character of scenery dominates in the whole area of
the commune above the spa part. It is the area of unique landscape
qualities. Covered with forest, Orlickie mountains range create flat
top surfaces that go along the state border above which rise mountain
tops that exceed 1000 meters above sea level. (Serlich - 1025 m,
Zielony Garb - 1026 m, Orlica - 1084 m). Below, closer to Zieleniec,
Podgórze, and Graniczna the valleys of mountain tributaries of
Bystrzyca Dusznicka divide mountain range into separate ridges
(Przyjacielska Kopa - 737 m, Sołtysia Kopa - 895 m, Mylna - 879 m,
Borsuk - 843 m, Chybna - 775 m, Gajowa - 701 m, Jeleń - 801 m).
Along the whole mountain length of Bystrzyca Dusznicka river it flows
in a deep v-shaped valley that is the natural border between Orlickie
and Bystrzyckie mountains. On this area fully natural, mountain scenery
has been preserved.
Bystrzyckie mountains enter the town in its north-east part. It is a
part of covered with forest, arched mountain complex with the tops of
Ptasia Góra (745 m above sea level)and Nawojowa (675 m above sea
level).
Translation: Sebastian Piziur
