Czorsztyn

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Czorsztyn
Coat of arms of Gmina Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn (Poland)
Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lesser Poland
Powiat : Nowotarski
Gmina : Czorsztyn
Geographic location : 49 ° 26 '  N , 20 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '13 "  N , 20 ° 19' 35"  E
Residents :
Postal code : 34-436
Telephone code : (+48) 18
License plate : KNT
Economy and Transport
Street : Czorsztyn- Krośnica
Next international airport : Krakow



Czorsztyn ( listen ? / I ) is a village in the powiat Nowotarski of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is not the seat of the rural community of the same name with a little over 7600 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality is in Maniowy . Audio file / audio sample

Czorsztyn is located between the Pienines and Gorce on the Czorsztyn reservoir in the immediate vicinity (about four kilometers as the crow flies) to the border between Poland and Slovakia.

history

The village of Czorsztyn at the foot of the Czorsztyn Castle , after which it received its German-derived name [Czornsteyn (1395), Schorstein (1777)], was founded in the 13th century. There are more place names of German origin in the area: on the Polish side the village of Grywałd ( Grünewald ). The Hungarian King Andreas II had brought the settlers across to the Hungarian countryside: Dursztyn ( Dürrenstein ), Frydman ( Friedmann ), Falsztyn ( Falkenstein ) emerged in today's Polish Spiš , and Veľká Lesná ( Reichenwald ) in today's Slovakia .

In 1246 the castle belonged to the knight Piotr Wydźga. In the 15th century the Starostei belonged to the knight Zawisza Czarny . The village was burned by the Hussites in 1433 . It became a base for the Kostka-Napierski peasant uprising (1651) and the Bar Confederation (1768–1782).

Between 1969 and 1996, a 56 m high dam and a hydroelectric power station on the Dunajec river were built a little south of the Niedzica castle . The Czorsztyn reservoir was created. The village of Czorsztyn disappeared under the surface of the water and a new settlement was built nearby.

Attractions

  • The dam at Czorsztyn

  • Czorsztyn Castle ( Zornstein )

local community

The rural community (gmina wiejska) Czorsztyn includes seven villages with a school administration (sołectwo) . The seat of the municipality is in Maniowy .

Web links

Commons : Czorsztyn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Czorsztyn Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files