Aerial and other views of Poland

[Mary]

Thanks Paiwan!

I feel honored and privileged!

Beautiful pix!

Mary

[livia]

Tthe highest situated shelter in the Polish Tatra mountains. Dolina Pięciu Stawów - Five Lakes Valley.





Click and drag to look around, left SHIFT & lef CTRL to use the zoom
www.skialpinizm.pl/tatry360/data/D5SP_noc_1.html

[Pawian]

A few dozen posts ago we could see the town of Jelenia Góra situated in Karkonosze Mountains.

Later I posted a few pics from the mountains.


Now a few shots from small towns near Jelenia Góra, known for skiing slopes in winter and mountain hiking routes in summer.

Szklarska Poręba

[Pawian]

Karpacz

[Pawian]

Karpacz













Wilcza Poręba

[Pawian]

And after standard Polish architecture, something unusual

Temple Wang, the protestant church from Norway
































Here you can see a mossy layer on the roof



Wang Temple, located in Karpacz Gorny 885 m asl, is a wooden church built at the turn of 12th and 13th centuries. It was originally erected in the town of Vang in Southern Norway but in the 19th century it was moved to Poland.

The church is one of very few wooden monuments of Roman Scandinavian architecture which survived to our times. It is a magnificent example of the Scandinavian folk architecture with beautiful sculptured ornaments. The temple is built of wood except for the granite tower, which was built when the church was moved onto its present location. Its main aim is to protect the wooden construction against the strong winds blowing from the direction of Sniezka peak (the highest peak of Karkonosze mountains).

Wang Temple was moved to Karpacz at the instigation of the countess Fryderyka von Reden from Bukowiec. She wanted the temple to became a parish church for protestants living in Karpacz and its vicinity.

[Pawian]

Winter sceneries

[Mary]

Wonderful pictures you posted today!

I had to show hubby the Church. He is a carpenter and really appreciates all the work and craftsmanship involved in these old buildings.

Mary

[Pawian]

generation3 said:

Wonderful pictures you posted today!

I had to show hubby the Church. He is a carpenter and really appreciates all the work and craftsmanship involved in these old buildings.

Mary

Yes, I agree it is really amazing. I hadn`t known there are such churches in Poland, and, what is more, with such history attached to them. I saw it today while ooking for pictures of Polish Karkonosze Mountains.

If you think those pictures are lovely, I will try to post more in the nearest future.

[valpomike]

Pawian,

Thank you for the great photo's. Most of them are of the south of Poland, is that true?
Do you take them yourself, or are they from books? Either way, thank you very much.

Michael Dabrowski

[Jaga]

Pawian,

beautiful pictures! We need to remember that what you show - it was built by Germans mainly. It has a German architecture. As for wang kirka (church) it was originally Catholic but then Norway became a protestant country. It was also brought by Germans to Poland. I saw it, I also saw some churches of the same sort in Norway, I will try to post a picture later on.

[leslie]

Pawi
Super pictures of some super places - you are lucky to be able to get to photographers' paradises - but the next best thing for me is to see your pictures.
Leslie

[justjohn]

Pawi,

Great pics. What are you using for a camera?

[Pawian]

valpomike said:

Pawian,

Thank you for the great photo's. Most of them are of the south of Poland, is that true?
Do you take them yourself, or are they from books? Either way, thank you very much.

Michael Dabrowski

More exactly - in the south-west of Poland, near Jelenia Góra.


I didn`t take any of these pictures, they are on the Internet, I said it a few times already.

My pictures are in the thread Polish Impressions. There are a lot of them, why don`t you start going through the thread from the beginning?

[Pawian]

admin said:

We need to remember that what you show - it was built by Germans mainly. It has a German architecture.
As for wang kirka (church) it was originally Catholic but then Norway became a protestant country. It was also brought by Germans to Poland.

If you think that you will get any compensation for the lost property in Poland, you are wrong. This was superpowers` deal and Poland was moved to the West without her consent. Go and ask the government in Berlin for compensation!

Besides, most what was left after Germans was destroyed or damaged and had to be rebuilt. Poles did it and now it is all Polish!!

Take your hands off us.

Huh!