Kłodzko Valley
During World War II Habelschwerdt was spared the fate of many other cities and did not suffer great damage. There were no important industrial centres in the area, and most of the Kłodzko Valley was not captured by the Red Army until after the capitulation of Germany. After the war the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most of the remaining German population fled or was expelled and replaced with Poles, including many expelled from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union. It was renamed to its historic Polish name "Bystrzyca", and the adjective "Kłodzka" was added to distinguish it from other Polish settlements of the same name.