Jizera Glade

Polana Izerska occupies a shallow (965 m above sea level) saddle Wysoki Grzbiecie between Świeradowiec in the Łużec ridge and Podmokła. In places it is very boggy, and you can also come across peat bogs, which are common in this part of the mountains.

The settlement located there was established in the 18th century as the hamlet of Gross-Iser. In the era of the boom in tourism, the "Gasthaus zum Iserkamm" inn operated here from the 19th century. It was an extremely popular place among spa guests and tourists resting in Bad Flinsberg (Świeradow-Zdrój). For their convenience, in the second half of the 19th century, the Neue Iserstraße (New Iser Road) was built, reaching here the Iserstraße (Jizera Road). Access to Kammhäuser was now much easier than to Heufuder (Stóg Izerski), which at that time did not have a shelter. And the views of the Jizera Mountains and Foothills were no worse, so it is no wonder that the inn was so popular.

In the 1930s, the settlement consisted of several houses and was part of the Bad Flinsberg commune; together with Groß-Iser, to which the Iserstraße (Jizera Road) from the spa led through the settlement.

According to older sources, right after 1945, the settlement slowly became depopulated - to the point of disappearance. Today, however, it is known that the Jizera highlanders were resettled to Germany overnight. Supposedly, for the first post-war years, it had a reputation as a "smugglers' settlement" that operated dynamically on the Polish-Czech border.

After Poland regained its strength, the settlement was called Drwale. It testified to the then inhabitants, who were forest workers.

Today it is an abandoned and somewhat neglected place. The former Kammhäuser houses shared the fate of Groß-Iser and Kobelhäuser - only barely visible foundations and a few wild fruit trees remain. The remains of later barracks for forest workers built in the People's Republic of Poland are more conspicuous.

Although it is the easiest route from Świeradów to Wielka Izera and Chatka Górzystów - it is not overly frequented. Since the Gondola Lift on Stóg Izerski was launched, it has been used less often by hikers, and slightly more often by cyclists, going down the Nowa Droga Izerska to Świeradów-Zdrój.