Czorsztyn (German: ''Schorstin'') is a village in Poland, in

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

Nowy Targ County Nowy Targ County ( pl, powiat nowotarski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...

. The village lies in Pieniny, the mountain range on the current Polish- Slovak border. It is famous for the ruins of a 14th-17th-century castle, which was the scene of the Kostka-Napierski Uprising in 1651. Gorstkin Wywiórski Czorsztyn 1911

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Czorsztyn gave its name to the man-made reservoir also known as

Lake Czorsztyn Lake Czorsztyn ( pl, Jezioro Czorsztyńskie) is a man-made reservoir on the Dunajec river, southern Poland, between the Pieniny and the Gorce Mountains. It exists due to a dam in the village of Niedzica. The dam itself was completed in 1995. Its ...

, completed in 1994. The village along with its mountainous surroundings is a recreational destination with well developed tourist infrastructure: accommodations, pleasure-boats dock, and numerous marked hiking trails.The attractions of Lake Czorsztyn
from The Department of Hotel & Tourist Services ''Niedzica.com''.

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File:061. Czorsztyn.JPG, Czorsztyn Castle and lake panorama File:Poland Czorsztyn - castle.jpg, Entrance File:Jezioro Czorsztynskie 1.jpg, View of marina down from Czorsztyn Castle

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Villages in Nowy Targ County {{LesserPoland-geo-stub

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