History

Jagniątków was founded in 1650 by Czech Protestants who, escaping religious persecution, moved to the Silesian side of the Giant Mountains. They engaged in cottage industry weaving and later also glass grinding.

From the mid-19th century Jagniątków was a popular summer and winter resort. In 1910, 790 people lived here. For a year after the war, the former Agnetendorf was called Agneskow, but in 1946 it was decided, making an incorrect assumption about the origin of the German name, to change it to the current one (agnus means “lamb” in Latin).

Until the 1970s, Jagniątków was a village. In the mid-1970s it was incorporated into the town of Sobieszow (city rights since 1962). On July 2, 1976, Sobieszów was annexed to Jelenia Góra (however, except for Jagniątków, which was incorporated into Piechowice. On January 1, 1998 Jagniątków was incorporated into Jelenia Gora.

From 1901 until his death in 1946, German Nobel Prize winner in literature, Gerhart Hauptmann, lived in Jagniątków. His house (Villa Wiesenstein), built in 1901 according to a design by Berlin architect Hans Grisebach, housed the City Museum. The plot of the novel “Wiesenstein” by German writer Hans Pleschinski is set in Agnetendorf. In July 1907 Karl May, author of the “Winnetou” series of novels, among others, stayed here.

In 1891 a precipitation meteorological station was established here, located at an altitude of 575 meters above sea level. The average annual precipitation from 1891-1937 was 901 mm: most 107 mm in July, least 50 mm in February. In 2012, the Foundation Center for Culture and Development of the Karkonosze Mountains reconstructed the Meteorological Station in Jagniątków. It is located at 2A Agnieszkakowska Street near the First Karkonosze Vineyard at an altitude of 554 meters above sea level. The station serves to study the climate of the Jeleniogórska Valley, conducted by the Center for Culture and Development of the Karkonosze Mountains in conjunction with the Wroclaw University of Life Sciences.

In 1954, Polish scientists conducted a series of mining surveys in the Jagniątków area to find deposits of uranium ore. The research mine under Mount So¶nik was designated “OP-7 Jagniątków” and was operated for only a few months. Although the research showed strong radiation in the area, no uranium ore worth mining was found.

Until December 21, 2007, the Jagniątków-Petrova Bouda border crossing operated in the area, which was closed under the Schengen Agreement.

In autumn 2012, a coat of arms for Jagniątków was designed at the initiative of the Foundation Center for Culture and Development of the Karkonosze Mountains. The coat of arms refers both to the geographical location, i.e. Karkonosze, the Czech Protestant lumberjacks – the actual founders of the village, and through the characteristic four red stripes emphasizes the origin and history of the name Agnetendorf/Agnieszków. This is because it was created from the name of Agnieszka, the wife of Count Krzysztof Leopold von Schaffgotsch, the owner of Chojnik Castle. She helped persecuted Protestants, refugees from Bohemia, and the name was used to honor her.

Domki Bliżej Nieba are located in a picturesque area with many attractions and activity opportunities.