Spa Park in Głuchołazy, Spa park in Głuchołazy, Poland

Spa Park in Głuchołazy lies on the slopes of Przednia Kopa in the Góry Opawskie landscape park, in the town's southern district. A stream runs through the grounds, where stone basins for soaking hands and places to wade with the feet were built, and a stone with water seeping from it carries the motto "Nic lepszego nad wodę" and the names of Sebastian Kneipp and Vincent Priessnitz. Among the trees stand gazebos and the Amor fountain.

The Spa Park was laid out at the end of the 19th century on the slopes of Przednia Kopa, on the initiative of the Promenade Society, shortly after Głuchołazy gained health-resort status. In 1908 the industrial magnate Count Franz von Ballestrem bought the Waldesruh guesthouse in the park to turn it into a holiday centre for workers. After 1945 the park was divided into plots and its guesthouses taken over by the Workers' Holiday Fund.

The former Waldschule, rebuilt by the Benevolens Foundation from old postcards, now serves as the Dom Artysty, a house of creative work. The foundation's section of the park opens every weekend from April to October, and the park won the Opole voivode's 2010 competition for the best-kept open space in the region.

The park lies in the southern part of Głuchołazy, within the Góry Opawskie Landscape Park, and the Main Sudetes Trail runs through it. The Benevolens Foundation's section opens every weekend from April to October. Near the stream, stone basins are set out for soaking hands and places for wading feet.

The park's stone basin and boulder carry the motto "Nic lepszego nad wodę" (nothing better than water) and the names of Sebastian Kneipp and Vincent Priessnitz, pioneers of hydrotherapy. The water seeping from the stone recalls the treatments that drew patients to Głuchołazy.