Editing Karpacz (section)

==History==
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The first settlements in the area of Karpacz are noted by the official website of the city as being of probable Celtic origin and date to the 4th or 3rd century BC<ref name="www.karpacz.pl">{{cite web |url=http://www.karpacz.pl/pl/historia |title=Historia |work=Karpacz onLINE, imprezy, wydarzenia, noclegi Karpacz, Interaktywna Baza Noclegowa, mapa miasta KARPACZ. Noclegi w Karpaczu. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709233357/http://www.karpacz.pl/pl/historia |archive-date=2011-07-09 }}</ref> when they inhabited the region as part of gold-digging taking place in the area. The area was part of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Poland]], after the establishment of the state in the 10th century. In the early 12th century the area was generally uninhabited, as mentioned in the oldest Polish chronicle ''[[Gesta principum Polonorum]]''.<ref name=hist/> The first mention of permanent location within the current boundaries of the town is dated to the beginning of 15th century<ref name="www.karpacz.pl" /> and connected to the destruction of a village called Broniów, whose inhabitants moved to settle the area currently located at the altitude of the town's railway station.<ref name="www.karpacz.pl" />

The settlement was mentioned around the year 1599 because of [[lead]] and [[iron]] [[mining]] in the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.staypoland.com/about_karpacz.htm|title=Karpacz|website=www.staypoland.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.polish-online.com/polen/staedte/riesengebirge-karpacz.php|title=Karpacz (Krummhübel) im Riesengebirge|website=www.polish-online.com}}</ref> It was then part of the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]]-ruled [[Bohemian Crown Lands|Bohemian Crown]]. During the [[Thirty Years' War]], many [[Czechs|Czech]] Protestants settled at the site of today's town.<ref name="www.karpacz.pl" />

In 1742 it was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and, subsequently, it was part of Germany between 1871 and 1945. Since the construction of the settlement's first railway connection in 1895, its history was connected with the development of [[metallurgy]] industries and with the progress of tourism. After the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] in [[World War II]], in 1945 it became again part of Poland. In accordance with the [[Potsdam Agreement]], the German population was [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expelled]] from the village between 1945 and 1947. The town was subsequently repopulated with [[Polish people|Poles]], who in turn were expelled from [[Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union|former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union]],<ref name="auto"/> and eventually renamed Karpacz in 1946. It was granted [[town rights]] in 1959.