29 Sights in Kościelisko, Poland (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Kościelisko, Poland. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 29 sights are available in Kościelisko, Poland.
List of cities in PolandSightseeing Tours in Kościelisko1. Jaskinia Wodna pod Pisaną
The Water Cave under Written Language, also known as the Written Language Cave, is a cave in the church valley in Sitatra. There are three caverns in the cavern, with a total length of 450m and an altitude of 1023 ~ 1028m. The most famous cave exit is located 4.3 km from Kiel, above a writing space and below limestone writing rock. In this place, water flows out of caves and seeps through underground troughs and cracks in church creeks and Krakow canyons. Through this hole into the cave, he struggled in the cold water. The strong current makes it difficult to move. However, a large part of the cave is water-deficient, so it is usually through two other easily accessible caves to enter the cave. One is located more than ten meters south of the outlet, almost on the way to the church valley. The '90s. In the 20th century, it was damaged during a road renovation. The next one is tens of meters south along the road, just by the church stream. Until the mid-1990s. In the 1920s, when a slope was hit, partially backfilling a hole, it was the largest and most visited cave entrance.
2. Ratusz
Town Hall - Turnia in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. Together with Turnia near her, Saturn is perfectly visible from the written clearing. The name was given by the former tourists. Built of carbonate rocks, the town hall smaller than Saturn is 1296 m a.s.l. It is located in the orographically right slopes of the Kraków gorge. From Saturn it is separated by a switch behind the town hall. Only from this switch can you go out on it without much difficulty - vertical walls fall on all other pages. There are several climbing roads in them. The pillar with a height of about 170 m high is particularly impressive. The lower part of the pillar and the 40-meter height of the shelf for the first time were Jerzy Łabęcki and Ryszard Malczyk in April 1970. The first passage of the upper part: Jerzy Farat and Ryszard Malczyk on April 12, 1981. This road, named by them "from here to eternity", contains A large accumulation of difficulties with a degree VI+.
3. Kościół
The church is a rock formation in the orographically right slopes of the Kraków Gorge in the Polish Western Tatras. It is the lower part of the Ptakowa Turnia falling into the Market Square in the Kraków Gorge, located at the end of the south-western perch of Upłazkowa Turnia. It is a vertical wall with a height of about 50 m, in the lower part having an overhang with a depth of about 8 m. In this overhang there is a nyża about 60 m long, about 12 m high, from the top having a eaves about 8 m deep. The largest of them has a height of about 4 m. These are the so-called Saints. The name comes from the fact that the formation viewed from further resembles a church with statues of saints. The eaves above them are called the Eaves over the Saints, and the whole formation Władysław Cywiński in the 3rd volume of the Tatra guide calls "a rock formation".
4. Gładka Turnia
Gładka Turnia – a small turnia in the orographically right slopes of the Kraków Gorge in the Western Tatras. It is located in the south-western ridge descending from the top of Upłazkowa Turnia, slightly above Ptakowa Turnia. It descends to the Kraków Gorge by a rock wall, which from the left is limited by a shallow gutter overgrown here and there with clumps of grass, from the right by a chimney with nyżami. In the wall there is a smooth slab falling to the south with a rather prominent pillar, covered with eaves from above. This pillar led a climbing path with two lifts. First ascent: Dariusz Stawarz and Jacek Stawarz 18 August 1995 However, it is easy to get to the top of the turn from the Bird Pass. This peak is separated by a small west from the main south-western ridge of Upłazkowa Turnia.
5. Jaskinia Czarna
Jaskinia Czarna is a cave in the Western Tatras in the Organ massif in the Kościeliska Valley. It is one of the largest and most extensive caves in the Tatras. It ranks sixth in terms of length and ninth in terms of denivelation in Poland. It has four entrance openings: two at the foot of Czarna Turnia over Polana Pisana at an altitude of 1326 and 1294 meters above sea level, a third in the slope of the Żleb pod Wysranki, above Hala pod Upłazem, at an altitude of 1404 meters above sea level, and the fourth located a few meters above the main opening at an altitude of 1330 meters above sea level. Some parts of the cave are poorly researched and documented. In June 2016, the length of the discovered corridors was 7247 meters, and the denivelation was 303.5 meters.
6. Skała Pisana
Skała Pisana – a several-meter-high, vertical, flat limestone rock located in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located 4.3 km from Kir, above Polana Pisana, in the rocky throat of the Kościeliski Stream, called Wyżnia Kościeliska Gate. It is located on the eastern side of the valley, the western side of the rock throat is formed in this place by the cliffs of Raptawicka Turnia. The whole rock is covered with almost invisible autographs of several generations of tourists from years ago, among whom there are also signatures of famous people, e.g. the painter Henryk Siemiradzki. The rock is located right next to the wooden bridge on the Kościeliski Stream.
7. Zbójnicka Igła
Zbójnicka Igła is a turnia in the northwestern perch of Gubalec in the Polish Western Tatras. It is located about 800 m south of Polana Pisana, above the Pisana Rock. This turn, built of sedimentary carbonate rocks, is visible from several places in the Kościeliska Valley and from Ornak. From the higher located Zbójnicka Turnia it is separated by the Niżni Zbójnicki Przechód switch. From this switch through the forest there are several meters of approach to the 8-meter fault of the Robber Needle. Its right side can be reached the top. In addition to Zbójnicka Turnia and Zbójnicka Needle, there are other unnamed rocks in the north-western perch of Gubalca.
8. Zbójnicka Turnia
Zbójnicka Turnia – turnia in the western slopes of Gubalec forming the eastern wall of the Wyżnia Kościeliska Brama in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located about 800 m south of Polana Pisana, above the Pisana Rock. It is separated from the top of Gubalec by a wide pass called Wyżni Zbójnicki Przechodem. The name of the tour is related to the robbers' past of the Kościeliska Valley. According to the highlanders, robbers lived in its caves and there are treasures collected by them. These caves were repeatedly searched by treasure hunters in ancient times, as evidenced by the signs carved by them on the walls.
9. Gubalec
Gubalec – the end of a long ridge departing in the western direction from Ciemniak in the Polish Western Tatras. This ridge separates the Tomanowa Valley from the Kraków Gorge. The peak of Gubalca rises to a height of about 1550 m above sea level. It is adjacent to Żar, from which it is separated by the Żarskie Siodło pass. It is completely forested, but in the top parts the forest is often broken by winds. The area of these windbreaks is forested with more resistant larch. In the southern slopes of Gubalec from under these windbreaks a forested couloir falls into the Tomanowa Valley.
10. Sowa
Sowa – turnia in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located on the west side of this valley, almost opposite the descent path from the Frosty Cave, below the Stołów massif. Its steep white walls rise above the forest next to Kościeliski Potok to an altitude of about 1050 m above sea level. It is also perfectly visible from Polana Pisana, located 600 m to the south. It is built of limestone and has a characteristic shape, which was associated with the creators of the name with the owl. Above the Owl, at a distance of 200 m from it, rises a much higher Pulpit.
11. Jaskinia Obłazkowa
Obłazkowa Cave is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. Together with the Mylna Cave and the Raptawicka Cave, it is part of the Pawlikowski Cave system. It is located at the foot of the limestone turn, called Raptawicka Turnia, on the west side of the valley, at an altitude of 1096 m above sea level, 130 m above the bed of Kościeliski Potok. The path leading to it is located 4.4 km from Kir, 100 m above the Written Rock. It is open to tourists, you can visit it yourself, without a guide, throughout the year. Inside the cave there is a low temperature.
12. Jaskinia Zimna
Jaskinia Zimna – a cave located in the Western Tatras in the eastern slopes of the Kościeliska Valley, near the Mroźna Cave. It has two entrance openings located in the rocks of the Organ: the lower (main) at an altitude of 1120 meters above sea level and the upper at an altitude of 1260 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 5420 meters, and the denivelation is 176 meters. It currently occupies the 12th place in terms of depth and 8th place in terms of length in the Polish Tatras. About 60 meters below it is the Dripstone Cave.
13. Jaskinia Raptawicka
Raptawicka Cave is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Tatra Mountains. Together with the Mylna Cave and the Obłazkowa Cave, it forms the Pawlikowski Cave system. The path leading to it is 4.4 km from Kir, 100 m above the Pisana Rock, in Raptawicka Turnia, on the western side of the valley. The opening of the cave, located about 180 m above the bed of the Kościeliski Stream, is visible from the road leading through the bottom of the valley. The cave can be visited independently, without a guide. Inside there is a low temperature.
14. Jaskinia Naciekowa
The Dripstone Cave is a cave in the eastern slopes of the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located in the dolomite-limestone massif of the Organs, about 60 m above the Cold Cave, near Zbójnicka Nyża, the Cave under Ostrewka and the Bloody Nose Cave, next to the Shelter at Naciekowa and the Corridor to Naciekowa. It is a horizontally developed cave, with three entrance openings located at altitudes of 1188 m, 1199 m, 1180 m above sea level. Its length is 1210 meters, and the denivelation is 97 meters.
15. Jaskinia Wodna pod Raptawicką
Raptawicka Water Cave is a cave in the West Tatra Koshli Valley at the foot of the Raptawicka Turni Limestone Mountains. It is 4.4 kilometers away from Kiel and is located on the west side of the valley, about. 100 meters north of Written Rock. It has five entrance holes, right next to the church creek, just below the path leading to Pavlikovsky's cave, at an elevation of 1,027 meters and 1,032 meters. The hole is 170 meters long and has a drop of 5 meters.
16. Dziura pod Arkadą
Dziura pod Arkadą – a cave, or actually a shelter, in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the eastern slope of the Kraków Gorge, in the slope falling from under Upłazkowa Turnia, in the same couloir as the Arcade, the Cave above the Arcade and the Shelter at the Arkada, at an altitude of 1187 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 5.5 meters, and its denivelation is 1 meter.
17. Jaskinia nad Arkadą
Jaskinia nad Arkadą is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the eastern slope of the Kraków Gorge, in the slope falling from under Upłazkowa Turnia, in the same couloir as the Arkada cave, the hole under the arcade and the Shelter at Arkadzie, at an altitude of 1206 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 21 meters, and its denivelation is 8 meters.
18. Jaskinia Przeziorowa
Przeziorowa Cave is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The main entrance to it is located in the slope of Gubalca at an altitude of 1229 meters above sea level. It is located exactly in front of Raptawicka Turnia, on the opposite side of the couloir from the Cave behind Smrek, above the shelter under Przeziorowa. The length of the cave is 420 meters, the denivelation is 17.7 meters.
19. Mała Gawra
Mała Gawra – a cave, or actually a shelter, in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the Kraków Gorge, in the slope of Upłazkowa Turnia descending to the Upłazkowy Kotło, near the Gawra cave and the Lamb Cave, at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 6 meters, and its denivelation is 2 meters.
20. Jaskinia Skoruszowa
Skoruszowa Cave (Kominowa) is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It has two entrance openings located on the eastern slope of the Kraków Gorge, in the slope falling from under Upłazkowa Turnia, below the Lamb Cave, at altitudes of 1236 and 1238 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 23 meters, and its denivelation is 8 meters.
21. Zimna Szczelina Druga
Zimna Szczelina II is a cave, or actually a shelter, in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located above the rocks of the Owl, near the caves: Zimna Szczelina I and Zimna Szczelina III, at an altitude of 1130 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 15.5 meters, and its denivelation is 7 meters.
22. Jaskinia przy Perci
Cave at Perć is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the Kraków Gorge, in the slope falling from Upłazkowa Turnia, near the Skoruszowa Cave, below the Percia Cave, at an altitude of 1225 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 17 meters, and its denivelation is 3 meters.
23. Zimna Szczelina Trzecia
Zimna Szczelina III – a cave, or actually a shelter, in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located above the rocks of the Owl, near the cave Cold Rift I and Cold Rift II, at an altitude of 1117 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 8 meters, and its denivelation is 4 meters.
24. Jaskinia nad Percią
Jaskinia nad Percią is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the Kraków Gorge, in a rock on the slopes of Upłazkowa Turnia, above the Perć Cave, at an altitude of 1240 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 15 meters, and its denivelation is 5.5 meters.
25. Zimna Szczelina Pierwsza
Zimna Szczelina I is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located above the rocks of the Owl, near the caves Zimna Szczelina II and Zimna Szczelina III, at an altitude of 1132 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 25 meters, and its denivelation is 7.50 meters.
26. Dudzia Dziura
Dudzia Dziura is a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located in the Kraków Gorge, on the slope of Żar below Wielka Turnia, at an altitude of 1201 meters above sea level. The length of the cave is 23 meters, and its denivelation is 6 meters.
27. Jaskinia Psia
Dog Cave is the largest cave on the ancient Balka slope of Krakow Canyon in the West Tatra Koshili Valley. Its entrance is located at an altitude of 1,410 meters, 180 meters above the bottom of the canyon. The length of the corridor is 1076 meters, with a drop of 62 meters.
28. Sowia Jama Pierwsza
Sowia Jama I - a cave in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It has two input holes under the peak of the owl, near the switch under the owl, at an altitude of 1049 and 1050 m a.s.l. The length of the cave is 18 meters and its denial is 9 meters.
29. Sowia Jama Trzecia
Sowia Jama III - a cave, or actually a shelter, in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. The entrance to it is located above the Sowa, at an altitude of 1060 meters above sea level. The cave is horizontal and its length is 5 meters.
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