Name Krynica is a quiet, beautiful retreat by the pond or stream life-giving, healthy and tasty water. Krynica called Krzenycze existed before 1547, as evidenced by the privilege of giving villages in this city for Danka from Miastko (today Tylicz). The development of the city at a later date is associated with the discovery of the seventeenth century, the medicinal properties of the mineral springs ... 

Spa town of Krynica-Zdroj is located in the south-eastern part of the Beskid Sadecki (Beskid Krynicki, Western Carpathians) on the border with Low Beskid at an altitude of 560-620 meters above sea level in the scenic stream valleys Kryniczanka, Palenica, Czarny Potok.