8 Sights in Karpacz, Poland (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Karpacz, Poland! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Karpacz. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Śnieżka / Sněžka
Sněžka or Śnieżka is a mountain on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland, the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the Giant Mountains. At 1,603.3 metres (5,260 ft), its summit is the highest point in the Czech Republic, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the Giant Mountains and in the entire Sudetes.
2. Dom Nesthäkchen
![Dom Nesthäkchen](/static/images/wikipedia/Poland_Karpacz_Dom-Nesthäkchen.jpg)
Else Ury was a German-Jewish novelist and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of the highly successful Nesthäkchen series.
3. Świątynia Wang
Vang Stave Church or Mountain Church of Our Savior is a stave church located in Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains in Poland. It was transferred to its present location from Vang in the Valdres region of Norway and re-erected in 1842. A notable tourist attraction, it is Poland's only stave church. It serves as a parish church of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland.
4. Strzecha Akademicka
Strzecha Akademicka – a PTTK shelter located in the Karkonosze National Park, on one of the trails leading from Karpacz to Śnieżka. Located 1258 m above sea level, between the Small Pond Cauldron and Biały Jar, about 10 minutes from another shelter, Samotnia.
Wikipedia: Schronisko PTTK „Strzecha Akademicka” (PL), Heritage Website
5. Dworzec Kolejowy Karpacz
Karpacz – a closed railway station in Karpacz, in the Karkonosze County; in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Poland. Since 2012, it has been the seat of the Municipal Toy Museum and the city library.
6. Gravitations-Anomalie
Gravitational anomaly in Karpacz – a phenomenon observed in Upper Karpacz on Strażacka Street, consisting in the apparent spontaneous movement of objects and liquids on the uphill road. The phenomenon is an example of an optical illusion, the so-called magic hill – in fact, the road descends down the slope of the valley, even though it leads upstream.
7. Stříbrné návrší
Stříbrné návrší is a mountain in the Krkonoše Mountains, located on the Czech-Polish border, 1 km northwest of Luční bouda and 2 km northwest of Studniční hora, of which it is a secondary peak. The silver hill is overgrown with grasses and dwarf pines and is part of the first zone of the KRNAP.
8. Kaplica pw. Świętego Wawrzyńca
St. Lawrence's Chapel – a Roman Catholic chapel located on the peak of Śnieżka; in Poland. The chapel is located in south-west of Poland, in the eastern Karkonosze Mountains, on the peak of Śnieżka – the highest peak of the Karkonosze Mountains, located around 5.3 kilometres west of the centre of Karpacz.
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