Kudowa-Zdrój

Kudowa-Zdrój
Sanatorium Polonia
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Kudowa-Zdrój
Coordinates: 50°26′N 16°14′E / 50.433°N 16.233°E / 50.433; 16.233Coordinates: 50°26′N 16°14′E / 50.433°N 16.233°E / 50.433; 16.233
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Kłodzko
Gmina	Kudowa-Zdrój (urban gmina)
Founded	1354
Area
• Total	33.90 km2 (13.09 sq mi)
Highest elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Lowest elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	10,204
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Website	http://www.kudowa.pl

Kudowa-Zdrój [kuˈdɔva ˈzdrui̯] (German: Bad Kudowa, Czech: Chudoba) is a town located below the Stołowe Mountains in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the southwest part of Poland, about 400 m (1,312 ft) above sea level. It has a population of about 10,000 and is located at the Polish-Czech border, just across from the Czech town of Náchod and some 40 km (25 mi) west of Kłodzko.

Kudowa-Zdrój is a historic spa town where heart and circulatory system diseases were cured. In the downtown area, there is a park styled on 17th century revival, with exotic plants and a mineral water pump room. Due to its location, the town is famous for tourism, walking, biking and as the departure point for trips. Among the notable locations of the region are The Chapel of Skulls, The Moving Nativity Scene in Czermna (), The Basilica in Wambierzyce, The Bear Cave in Kletno, and the heritage park in Pstrążna as well the natural surroundings of the nearby Table Mountains. It is situated 3 km (2 mi) from the Czech border and about 140 km (87 mi) from Prague.

Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest spa resorts in Poland and Europe. It is first mentioned in a document by Henry the Older, son of the Hussite Czech king George of Podebrady. The original name of the village was Lipolitov but in the mid-16th century it was changed to Chudoba, later on Kudoba (Cudoba in the 19th century), Bad Kudowa and into Kudowa-Zdrój in 1945.