Jawor

The 750-year-old town of Jawor, a major economic, administrative and cultural center, is one of the most beautiful cities in the Lower Silesia region. Its favorable location on the no. 3 Szczecin-Jakuszyce national route and near the A4 highway (Wrocław-Olszyna) is especially important for those placing new investments there. What is more, the city offers wide tax reliefs that facilitate successful business development.
In addition, Jawor has been a very successful town. It has been the laureate of the competition for the best municipal ecological investment and has won the Dolnośląski Klucz do Sukcesu (Lower Silesia Key to Success) award for its economy. It has also received an honorable mention for the best investment concerning protection of the air and soil.
The Słowianka indoor swimming pool was opened in the spring of 2000.
The city has also been known for several grand economic, cultural and sporting initiatives, such as the 'International Fair of Bread', Peace Concerts, Grand Prix of Poland for Sailing Models, and the Convention of Representatives of Local Authorities of the Dolnośląskie Province.

IT IS WORTH INVESTING HERE
Searching for new investors is one of the city's activities aimed at future development. The city promotes the establishment of new companies for whom it has prepared fully developed investment sites. Jawor offers construction sites for manufacturing and service units. Investors in the catering and recreation sectors will find sites for the construction of hotels, motels and other similar structures. The city also offers sites for detached and semi-detached housing construction, as well as industrial and storage buildings for rent. A lover of historic sights can develop the Piastowski Castle, which is in good shape.

Assistance and Reliefs for Investors
Business entities operating or starting operations in the manufacturing and service sectors are offered tax reliefs, provided they meet one of the following conditions:
-  purchase or take out a 99-year lease on real estate in order to build and start a manufacturing or service facility there.
-  purchase a building structure in order to establish a manufacturing or service facility there.
-  purchase or lease with an option to buy a company or a part of a company that has been declared bankrupt.
The tax exemption period is dependant upon the number of workers employed at the newly set-up manufacturing or service facilities and extends from one year for a plant employing more than 5 workers to a maximum of five years for a unit employing more than 60 people.
Moreover, property tax has been reduced by 50% for a period of three years for entities who commence business activity in the catering and tourism industry in the central part of the town and employ at least five persons during that period.

TOURISM IN THE FOREGROUND
Today, Jawor is one of the few cities in the Lower Silesia region where the medieval town layout has been preserved practically unchanged. Its representative Old Market with a Town Hall surrounded by historic tenement houses (dating from 16th - 18th c.) has no match. At the Town Hall, the Councilors' Hall decorated with stained glasses made at the Berlin Royal Institute of Stained Glass depicting the panorama of Jawor are among the most beautiful in Poland. In the nearby Town Theater, a historic, beautiful hall has been preserved to modern times. Also in Jawor, a unique Protestant Church of Peace can be seen. The church built of wood and clay has a marvelous baroque interior (with a precious gallery with coats of arms of noblemen and craft guilds from Jawor). The Church of Peace is one of only two such structures in Europe. For several years, chamber music concerts performed by the best Polish and German artists during the Jawor Peace Concerts have been staged there. St. Martin's Church situated on the highest point in the city was built in the 1270's. Its original, early gothic style structure contrasts with the splendor of its Baroque interior. Jawor used to be strongly fortified in the past;  however, only a part of the gothic walls have survived to  modern times, including Angel's Keep and Strzegom Tower. The Regional Museum in Jawor is famous not only for its seat, but also for its rich collections, comprised of over 4500 exhibits. The Piastowski Castle, the largest and the oldest of all sights in Jawor, is situated in the southern part of the town. Throughout the ages, it has been modernized and expanded; however, the original section of the castle dates back to the 13th c. The castle has played numerous functions, from the seat of Piast knights and royal governors to a Prussian prison.

The charming, historic town of Jawor is located in a region rich in historic sights, such as: the Way of Cross to the Kalwaria Mountain, St. Jadwiga's Sanctuary in Legnickie Pole, Napoleonic battle grounds in Dunin, the Mausoleum of Piast Knights in Legnica and the Grodziec Castle. What is more, natural beauty spots, especially those within the Chełma Landscape Park, including the Myślibórz and Lipy Ravines, Czartowska Rock, and Muchowskie Hill attract tourists to the area. In addition, the forests of the Chełma Landscape Park constitute attractive hunting grounds. Moreover, the Słup water reservoir, with an area of more than 4 sq. km and ca. 20,000 fish species and 57 species of birds, is situated near Jawor.
Tourist routes also include 'Gross-Rosen', a former WW II concentration camp located 10 km from the city.
Jawor is a charming city well worth a short visit, as well as a longer stay.