Szklarska Poręba Polish: [ˈʂklarska pɔˈrɛmba] ⓘ (German: Schreiberhau) is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

The land on which the village was founded was bought in the 13th century from Duke Bernard the Lightsome by the Knights Hospitaller descending from Calidus Fons (now Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój in Jelenia Góra), who were interested in finding gold and precious gems in the area.

In 1617 the Preußler family migrated from the southern, Bohemian side of the Karkonosze ridge to Silesia and received a concession to run a movable glass factory from the counts of Schaffgotsch, landlords of Schreiberhau.

In 1842 Franz Pohl, son-in-law of the last Preußler, persuaded Count Schaffgotsch to establish a new glass factory in Schreiberhau.

In 1911, Wanda Bibrowicz [pl] founded the Silesian Artistic Weaving Workshop with an exhibition gallery, which existed until 1919.

[7] With the advance of the Red Army into Germany proper, German authorities called the population to flee their homes.

[2] In 1963, a mass grave of POWs murdered by the Germans in World War II was discovered.

The railway connection to Jelenia Góra plays a minor role, since the scale of the mining industry in the town's vicinity has decreased.