8 Sights in Karpacz, Poland (with Map and Images)

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.

Wikipedia: Sněžka (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Vang Stave Church (EN), Website, Url, Url 2

Avalanche in Biały Jar – an avalanche that occurred on March 20, 1968, kidnapping 24 people walking along the bottom of Biały Jar in the Karkonosze Mountains. 5 of them, who were thrown aside by the avalanche, were saved; The remaining 19 – including 13 Russians, 4 citizens of the GDR, and two Poles – were killed. The rescue operation was carried out by the Polish Mountain Rescue Service, Czech rescuers and volunteers; 1100 people took part in it. The last bodies of the victims were found only on April 1 and 5.

Wikipedia: Lawina w Białym Jarze (PL)

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

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.

Wikipedia: Karpacz (stacja kolejowa) (PL), Website

Tabule is a mountain in the Giant Mountains located on the Czech-Polish border about 2 km west-northwest of Pomezní Budy and 3.5 km southeast of Karpacz, Poland. It is the western peak of the border Forest Ridge, which is the easternmost spur of the 30 km long Silesian Ridge, which stretches all the way from Harrachov. The highest point is in Poland and reaches a height of 1284 m above sea level.

Wikipedia: Tabule (Krkonoše) (CS)

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.

Wikipedia: Anomalia grawitacyjna w Karpaczu (PL)

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.

Wikipedia: St. Lawrence's Chapel, Śnieżka (EN)