page_title: Groß Iser
section_title: The beginnings
hierarchical_section_title: Groß Iser / History / The beginnings
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruins of house. Former village Gross Iser - Silesia. Français&#160;: Ruines d'une maison. Ancien village de Gross Iser - Silésie, Pologne. Ślůnski: Downo wjoska Gross Iser we Izerskych Gůrach. Ruiny chałpy. Polski: Nieistniejąca wieś Groß Iser w Górach Izerskich. Ruiny domu.
context_page_description: Groß Iser is a village on Hala Izerska existing from the 17th century until 1945. Today the remains of the village can be found in Poland just by the Czech border. The closest towns are Świeradów-Zdrój on the Polish side and Harrachov on the Czech side.
context_section_description: In 1630 the first person settled on Hala Izerska. It was a Czech Evangelical refugee named Thomas. Then a hut for forest workers was built there and thus the village started.
  The development was slow, as the climate was harsh and the territories were mainly swamp.
  However, in the church chronicles in the neighbouring town of Świeradów we can find a note from 1742 saying that in Groß Iser 20 parishioners lived. On 09.09.1742 the first mass was said in the village (by a pastor from Świeradów).
caption: Ruins of Groß Iser in winter
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