Bölsche, and composer Anna Teichmüller. In 1911, founded the Silesian Artistic Weaving Workshop with an exhibition gallery, which existed until 1919. Later, younger artists formed the St. Lukas artists' association. In 1925 the first winter games of the International Workers Olympiad (organised by the Socialist Workers' Sport International) were held in the town. Twelve national delegations participated. During World War II the Reich Labour Service (RAD) ran two Nazi German labor camps, RAD-Abteilung 6/103 and RAD-Abteilung 6/107, in the settlement. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II Schreiberhau became part of Poland under the territorial changes of Poland after World War II and was given the name Szklarska Poręba which literally means "glass clearing". In accordance to the Potsdam Agreement, the German inhabitants were expelled and the village was resettled with Poles, many of whom were themselves expelled from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. The Josephinenhütte was moved to Schwäbisch Gmünd. The glass factory in Szklarska Poręba was renamed and continued to operate. On 22–27 September 1947 the conference on the establishment of the communist information office (Kominform) took place in the village. The village gained the status of a town in 1959. Transport The town used to be connected via the Zackenbahn railway to Tanvald in Bohemia. The cross-border passenger line was closed in 1945 when the town was given to Poland and remained closed until 2010. In 2010 the cross-border railway connection was reconstructed and is now operated by passenger trains from Kořenov. The railway connection to Jelenia Góra plays a minor role, since the scale of the mining industry in the town's vicinity has decreased. Koleje Dolnośląskie D21 line runs from Szklarska Poręba Górna to Liberec. A section of national road no. 3, also part of European route E65, passes through the town. Sports FIS Cross-Country World Cup events were held in Szklarska Poręba in 2012 and 2014. The Bieg Piastów cross-country skiing marathon is held in the town since 1976. Notable people Joseph Partsch (1851–1925), German geographer Max Standfuss (1854–1917), Swiss scientist Wlastimil Hofman (1881–1970), Czech-Polish painter Mirosław Graf (born 1959), Polish former ski jumper and mayor of Szklarska Poręba Twin towns – sister cities Szklarska Poręba is twinned with: Bad Harzburg, Germany Harrachov, Czech Republic Kazimierz Dolny, Poland Kořenov, Czech Republic Worpswede, Germany Gallery References Bibliography External links Skiing in Szklarska Poręba Municipal website www.szklarska-poreba.pl Szklarska Poręba - gallery,