Graduation Tower in Jaworze

The graduation tower in Jaworze is a wooden graduation tower in the shape of a rotunda, built in 2014 and linked to the spa tradition of the village. The Jaworze municipality describes it on its tourist website as one of the spa facilities.

How the graduation tower in Jaworze works

The column of the tower has a brine reservoir used for inhalation. The brine comes from Zabłocie and, according to the municipality, contains a great deal of iodine, up to 140 mg per litre. As a result a microclimate that the municipality describes as maritime forms around the tower. The facility operates apart from periodic shutdowns because of weather, especially winter and wind, and for maintenance work.

Jaworze as a spa

Jaworze was approved as a spa in 1862 by the Silesian Provincial Office in Opava. Maurycy Saint Genois and his son Filip built spa rooms and opened the palace park to spa guests. In 1870-1890 diseases of the respiratory, digestive, nervous and circulatory systems were treated here, and Wincenty Pol was the discoverer and promoter of Jaworze as a spa.

In 1906 the village lost its spa status, but the traditions were continued. In 1927-1930 a new treatment facility was built, where Maria Dąbrowska and Julian Tuwim, among others, took their rest. After the war the Beskid Treatment and Rehabilitation Complex operated here.

Practical information

• Location: Jaworze, Bielsko County. The municipality does not give the tower's exact address on its tourist website.
• Check operating hours and any shutdowns on the Jaworze municipality website before your visit.

Not far away, in the same village, is the Museum of Marine and Inland Fauna and Flora.