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Kalenica
Kalenica (german: Turnberg) is a mountain in the Owl Mountains, part of Central Sudetes. Its height is 964 meters. It lies in Owl Mountains Landscape Park. The mountain located in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill .... External links Photo gallery of Kalenica Mountains of Poland {{LowerSilesian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owl Mountains
The Owl Mountains ( pl, Góry Sowie, cs, Soví hory, german: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park. Geography The Owl Mountains cover an area of about and stretch over between the historic Lower Silesian region and Kłodzko Land. Apart from the main ridge, the subdivisions of ''Garb Dzikowca'' and ''Wzgórza Wyrębińskie'' can be distinguished. The range is bounded by the valley of the Bystrzyca river in the northwest, forming a natural border with the adjacent Waldenburg Mountains (''Góry Wałbrzyskie''). In the southeast, the border is marked out by Srebrna Góra pass, separating them from the Bardzkie Mountains (''Góry Bardzkie''). In the north, the border is on Kotlina Distrabiekenstein and in the south on Obniżenie Noworudzkie and Włodzickie Hills. In the southwest, the broad Kłodzko Valley stretches to the Table Mountains (''Góry Stołowe''), the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzierżoniów County
__NOTOC__ Dzierżoniów County ( pl, powiat dzierżoniowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dzierżoniów, and it also contains four other towns: Bielawa, Niemcza, Pieszyce and Piława Górna. The county covers an area of . As at 2019 the total population of the county is 101,118. This figure breaks down as follows: Dzierżoniów 33,239, Bielawa 29,971, Pieszyce 7,123, Piława Górna 6,412, Niemcza 2,965, rural areas 21,408. Neighbouring counties Dzierżoniów County is bordered by Świdnica County to the north, Wrocław County to the north-east, Strzelin County to the east, Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the south-east, Kłodzko County to the south and Wałbrzych County to the west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into seven g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra Voivodeships, following the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of , and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the richest provinces in Poland as it has valuable natural resources such as copper, silver, gold, brown coal and rock materials (inter alia granite, basalt, gabbro, diabase, amphibolite, porphyry, gneiss, serpentinite, sandstone, greywacke, limestone, dolomite, bentonite, kaolinite, clay, aggregate), which are exploited by the biggest enterprises. Its well developed and varied industries attract both domestic and foreign investors. Its capital and largest city is Wrocław, situated on the Oder River. It is one of Poland's largest and most dynamic ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, seventh largest EU country, covering a combined area of . It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordering seven countries. The territory is characterised by a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and Temperate climate, temperate transitional climate. The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Humans have been present on Polish soil since the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period over 12,000 years ago. Culturally diverse throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Sudetes
The Central Sudetes ( cs, Orlická oblast or ''Střední Sudety'', pl, Sudety Środkowe, german: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west. The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including: * Orlické Mountains * Bystrzyckie Mountains * Bardzkie Mountains * Owl Mountains * Stone Mountains * Stołowe Mountains The largest town within the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where the Owl Mountains contain extended black coal reserves. Literary Heights Festival The Literary Heights Festival, a Polish literary festival founded in 2015 which takes place in the vicinity of Nowa Ruda at the foot of the Owl Mountains in the Kłodzko Valley. The event's organizers include the Mount Babel Cultural Association, the city and commune of Nowa Ruda, while the hosts are Karol Malis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owl Mountains Landscape Park
Owl Mountains Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Gór Sowich'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in the Owl Mountains in south-western Poland, established in 1991, covering an area of . The Park lies within Lower Silesian Voivodeship: in Dzierżoniów County (Gmina Dzierżoniów), Kłodzko County (Gmina Nowa Ruda), Wałbrzych County ( Gmina Głuszyca, Gmina Walim) and Ząbkowice Śląskie County (Gmina Stoszowice). File:2018 Tablica Park Krajobrazowy Gór Sowich.jpg, Entry point File:Park Krajobrazowy Gór Sowich - w dali Ślęża.jpg, Summer File:Widok na Ślęze.jpg, October File:Jesień 2.jpg, Autumn scene File:Las pełen borówek 22.JPG, Conifer woods File:Zima w Górach Sowich.jpg, Winter scene File:Wielka Sowa - wieża.jpg, ''Wielka Sowa'' (Great Owl) lookout tower at 1015 m External links Owl Mountains The Owl Mountains ( pl, Góry Sowie, cs, Soví hory, german: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
