Janowice Wielkie

Country Poland

Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Postal code

58-520^[1]

Janowice Wielkie
Village
Palace courtyard
Janowice Wielkie
Coordinates: 50°53′N 15°55′E / 50.883°N 15.917°E / 50.883; 15.917
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Karkonosze
Gmina	Janowice Wielkie
Population
• Total	2,100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58-520[1]
Vehicle registration	DJE

Janowice Wielkie [janɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] (German: Jannowitz) is a village in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[2] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Janowice Wielkie.

It is a summer resort in the foothills of the Silesian or Great Mountains. From here is a direct route south to Bolczów Castle, elevation 561 m or 1,841 ft, the imposing ruins of an old castle destroyed by the Swedes in 1643.^[3]