Karpniki

Karpniki
Village

Karpniki Castle
Karpniki
Coordinates: 50°51′N 15°51′E / 50.850°N 15.850°E / 50.850; 15.850
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Jelenia Góra
Gmina Mysłakowice
Population 810

Karpniki [karpˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Mysłakowice, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Jelenia Góra, and 89 km (55 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław, in the Rudawy Janowickie mountain range.

Prior to 1945 the village was in Germany and known as Fischbach. It is the site of a 15th-century castle that was rebuilt in a Neogothic style in 1844 according to the plans of Friedrich August Stüler.

It has a population of 810.

Coordinates: 50°51′N 15°51′E / 50.850°N 15.850°E / 50.850; 15.850

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