Haniak

Haniak is a peak in the Golden Mountains, in the Eastern Sudetes, rising to 536 metres above sea level above the village of Mąkolno in Ząbkowice County.

Location

The mountain lies within the Złoty Stok municipality, next to provincial road no. 390. To the east it borders a valley called the Kłodzko Gorge, and to the north-west of the peak lies the small settlement of Mąkolno Hanyszów. Haniak's relative height above the surrounding terrain is 289 metres.

History of the area

The land around Haniak belonged to a Cistercian abbey from about 1248. The eastern slopes of the mountain have several centuries of mining history behind them: for seven centuries, starting in the 13th century, gold and arsenic were extracted here, totalling several tonnes of gold and thousands of tonnes of arsenic.

Name

The Polish name Haniak comes from the German Hannig, a diminutive of the name Johannes, typical of Lower Silesian place-name formation.

Practical information

• Location: a peak in the Golden Mountains above Mąkolno, Ząbkowice County, next to provincial road no. 390
• Access: provincial road no. 390 in the area of Złoty Stok
• What to expect: a forested peak without marked tourist infrastructure; nearby are former mining excavations, including the Gold Mine in Złoty Stok and the Ochre Adit