Kateryna Baiduzha, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
City in Lower Silesia strong on architecture and greenery - highlights including Książ Castle. Wałbrzych (in German Waldenburg) means "forest town".Its location was covered with a dense forest in hard-to-reach terrain. Today it is commonly said that Wałbrzych is the "Green City", the "City of the Green Oak". forests, parks and meadows cover more than half of the urban area.