Karkonosze National Park, created in 1959 r, covers an area of approx 56 km2, of which 38 km2 to lasy, and includes the highest and most interesting in terms of nature and landscape parts of the Main Ridge of the Karkonosze Mountains and two …
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The shelter "Kamieńczyk” – The Kamieńczyk waterfall
At the City Hall in Szklarska Poręba (ul. Buczka, at the intersection of ul. National Unity and Sikorski) we turn into ul. Sikorskiego towards Jakuszyce. After a few hundred meters, we pass Raven Rocks on the left and cross Kamienna (earlier, the red trail crosses the trail …
Fauna and flora of the Karkonosze Mountains
The layout of the plant floors is as follows: in the bottom box (400-1000 m n.p.m.) natural mixed forest with beech, spruce, fir, sycamore and pine trees were replaced by spruce monocultures. In the upper rack (do 1250 m n.p.m.) there are compact spruce forests with an admixture of sycamore and rowan. …
The climate in the Giant Mountains
The specificity of the Karkonosze climate, standing out from other Sudeten ranges, it results mainly from higher altitudes, significant relative heights and the latitudinal position of the Main Ridge. The Karkonosze Mountains have a local mountain climate influenced by the features of the oceanic climate (atlantic). They characterize him: short …
The geological structure of the Karkonosze Mountains
The Karkonosze Mountains are an old massif made mainly of Hercynian granites (called the Karkonosze Mountains and occurring in several varieties), forming the intrusive core of the Izera-Karkonosze Bloc surrounded by transformed Precambrian and Palaeozoic rocks (for example, amphibolites and hornfels). The granite block of the Karkonosze Mountains was unveiled in …
Giant Mountains – Western Sudetes
Giant Mountains (Czech. Giant Mountains) belonging to the Western Sudetes, they are the highest part of the entire Sudetes, and also the Czech Massif. They have been the border between Silesia and the Czech Republic for centuries (Main after the Second World War (Silesian) The Polish-Czech border was marked out along the ridge). From the general area of the Giant Mountains, amounting to 650 …
Mysłakowice
Mysłakowice – a large communal village (ok. 5 thousand. residents) on the Łomnica River, between the Łomnickie Hills in the Jelenia Góra Valley and the Karpnickie Hills in the Rudawy Janowickie. The most valuable monument is the palace from the 18th century., which belonged to the Prussian king Frederick William III Hohenzollern and …
Głębock
Głębock – it is one of the smallest villages in the vicinity of the Krkonoše Mountains, located in the Jelenia Góra Valley, in the Głębocka Struga valley, at the foot of the Grzebień hill (430 m n.p.m.). The town was first mentioned in 1388 r. There were numerous peasant revolts in the village, the most famous …