Jastrzebie-Zdroj is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland with 86,632 inhabitants as of 2021. Its name combines Polish words for hawk and spa, reflecting its origin as a spa village from 1861; it gained city status in 1963 and later played a part in the workers protests of the 1980s that fed into the Solidarity movement in Poland.
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1. GeoNames: Jastrzębie Zdrój
GeoNames geonameid 3097391 (Jastrzębie Zdrój), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Jastrzębie-Zdrój (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '14th century' on 'Jastrzębie-Zdrój'View the Source Jastrzebie-Zdroj (Wikipedia)
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