Szrenica (1362 m n.p.m.) – observation peak in the Main Ridge of the Karkonosze Mountains, towering over Szklarska Poręba and situated in the strict reserve of KPN. The state border runs just below the top. Polish name Szrenica, formed from the word frost z …
Hala Szrenicka is a natural meadow within the boundaries of the KNP, enlarged in the 18th century. by grazing. It is located on both sides of the border (Czech. Food louka). Centuries ago, the hall was visited by treasure hunters - the presence of valuable minerals is evidenced by the fact, that in 1926 r. …
PTTK hostel "Na Hali Szrenicka” – w 1786 r. a shepherd's hut was built here (Nowa Śląska Buda, in opposition to the Old Silesian Buda at the Łabski Peak), which over time was turned into a tourist hostel. W1869 r. a road from Szklarska Poręba was built …
Karkonosze National Park, created in 1959 r, covers an area of approx 56 km2, of which 38 km2 to lasy, and covers the highest and most interesting in terms of nature and landscape parts of the Main Ridge of the Karkonosze Mountains and two enclaves in the Lower Regions: 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 …
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 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 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 (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 – 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 …