It would probably be an exaggeration to say, that we now know everything about the Karkonosze Mountains, after all, our knowledge about them is still expanding and deepening, new discoveries are coming, research, and numerous "searchers" search for forgotten news and curiosities.
For sure, however, we are currently in …
Giant Mountains, being the highest range of the Sudetes, play a much larger and more important role, than it would appear from this simple statement. They are also the highest mountains in the Czech Republic, and in Prussia there were no higher ones.
Extensive, the clearly uplifted massif of the Karkonosze Mountains is the main part of the Sudetes …
From the roundabout in Karpacz (Bialy Jar bus stop) we go down ul. Constitution 3 The house. After the pharmacy, we turn left and along the edge of the square we come to the Łomnica Waterfall – dam and reservoir on the Łomnica river.
Dam on the Łomnica River – built in years …
Karkonosze lab technicians
The tradition of collecting medicinal herbs on the southern side of the Karkonosze Mountains dates back to the 16th century. After the Battle of Biała Góra, 1620 r., fought between Czech Protestants and the coalition of the Catholic Habsburgs and lost by the Czechs, Catholics have unleashed religious terror. Lots of Protestants, a …
Tadeusz Różewicz and the Karkonosze Mountains Outstanding Polish poet, a prose writer and playwright fell in love with the Karkonosze Mountains, when in years 90. XX w. came to visit Henryk Tomaszewski, the founder of the Wrocław Mime Theater and the founder of the Toy Museum in Karpacz. The result of Różewicz's fascination with the mountains, …
Events in Karpacz
• Family Cup – Amateur Polish Championships in Alpine Skiing, Cross country skiing and snowboarding – January
• Family Reunion of Stars – February
• Polish Championship with Egg – March
• Waldemar Siemaszko Memorial in ski-mountaineering – March
• …
What to see in Karpacz?
Worth seeing
• Wang Temple – medieval church, from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, transferred from the Norwegian town of Vang
• the parish church of. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – built in 1910 r., its style refers to the baroque architecture …
Karpacz Nowadays
In the 21st century. Karpacz is a lively holiday resort, a health resort and winter sports center as well as a starting point in the Giant Mountains (mainly to Śnieżka). Unfortunately, intensive development of tourism has resulted in uncontrolled,"Exuberant” expansion of the city, which negatively affects his appearance.
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The settlement in the Karkonosze region was shaped in periods numbering hundreds, and sometimes only decades. The human wave flooded the mountains, which disappeared after a while, then flowed in again, to fade away again, leaving empty houses.
Most rocks carry their own, often original names, usually derived from their shape or some events related to them. The oldest names date back to medieval times of treasure hunters. Names like: Pole, Castle, Cat's Castle, The beads, Konskie Łby is clearly suggested …