Kościelisko is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Tatra County __NOTOC__ Tatra County () 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 local government ...

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, in southern

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, close to the border with

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. (It was previously in

Nowy Sącz Voivodeship Nowy Sacz Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government, located in southern Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Nowy Sącz. Major cities and towns (popu ...

from 1975 to 1998.) It is the seat of the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) called Gmina Kościelisko. It lies approximately west of

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

and south of the regional capital

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. In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900.

Notable people

* Sabała (1809 in Kościelisko - 1894 in Zakopane) a Goral amateur musician, storyteller and folk singer active in or around the Tatra Mountains. *

Klemens Bachleda Klemens "Klimek" Bachleda (13 November 1851 - 6 August 1910) was a pioneering Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer in Austria-Hungary. He died during an unsuccessful mountain rescue attempt in the High Tatras. By . Biography Early and p ...

(1851 in Kościelisko - The Tatraa 1910), Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, born in Kościelisko * Wacław Krzeptowski (1897 in Kościelisko – 1945 in Zakopane) was one of the leaders of the Goralenvolk action in

Podhale Podhale (; ), sometimes referred to as the Polish Highlands, is Poland's southernmost region. The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian Mountains. It is the most famous region of the Goral Lands which are a ...

during WWII. * Andrzej Krzeptowski (1902 in Kościelisko – 1981 in Zakopane) was a Polish cross-country skier who competed in the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

. * Stanisław Karpiel (1909 in Kościelisko - 1992 in Zakopane) a Polish cross-country skier who competed in the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

* Józef Zubek (1914 in Kościelisko – 1988 in Zakopane) a Polish soldier and skier. * Stanisław Bukowski (1923 in Zakopane - 2002 in Kościelisko), Polish cross-country skier competed at the

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

and the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

* Tadeusz Kwapień (1923 in Kościelisko – 2012 in Zakopane) was a former Polish cross-country skier who competed at the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

and

2003 Biathlon

The Biathlon Junior World Championships 2003 was held in Kościelisko, Poland from February 5 to February 9, 2003.

Twin twins

Kościelisko is twinned with: *

Tvrdošín Tvrdošín (; ) is a town in Northern Slovakia. Geography The town is located at the confluence of the Orava and Oravica rivers, from the Polish borders and cca. from Dolný Kubín. It consists of the boroughs of Krásna Hôrka, Medvedzie, and ...

, in central

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Villages in Tatra County {{Tatra-geo-stub

Notable people

2003 Biathlon

Twin twins

See also

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