Dolina Gąsienicowa

Dolina Gąsienicowa
View from below the Przełęcz między Kopami mountain pass
location	Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland
Waters	Czarny Potok Gąsienicowy , Sucha Woda Gąsienicowa
Mountains	High Tatras , West Tatras , Tatra , Carpathians
Geographical location	49 ° 14 ′ 31 ″  N , 20 ° 0 ′ 14 ″  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 31 ″  N , 20 ° 0 ′ 14 ″  E
height	1424 to  2301  m npm
length	6 km
climate	High mountain climate

Hiking trail in the valley

Hala Gąsienicowa alpine pasture with former alpine huts

The Seealmtal ( Dolina Gąsienicowa in Polish ), formed by glaciers in the Ice Age, is a side valley of the Dolina Suchej Wody Gąsienicowej (German: Trockenbachtal) in the Polish High Tatras and West Tatras in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship .

geography

The valley is around 6 km long and surrounded by mountains over 2300 m high. a. Lower Seealmturm , Northern grenades tip , organ pipes , Yellow Mountain , Little Polish chapel , Polish chapel , Beskid , Kasprowy Wierch and Kopa Magura . It forms the border between the High Tatras and the Western Tatras.

The valley falls from south to north from approx. 2300 meters to 1424 meters. The Seealmer Schwarzbach and Seealmbach flow through it. Some of the streams flow underground. Much of the water, especially from the side valley Dolina Zielona Gąsienicowa , seeps away and flows underground into the Dolina Goryczkowa in the Western Tatras , where it reappears as the karst spring Goryczkowe Wywierzysko .

The valley has two side valleys: Dolina Czarna Gąsienicowa with the hanging valleys Dolina Kozia , Kościelcowy Kocioł , Kocioł Czarnego Stawu Gąsienicowego and Kocioł Zmarzłego Stawu Gąsienicowego and Dolina Zielona Gąsienicowa with the hanging valleys Świnicka Kotlinka , Dolina Sucha Stawiańska , Mylna Kotlinka , Zadnie Koło and Kocioł Kasprowy .

The mountain lakes are in the valley

• Polish Black Lake ( Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Polish Frozen Lake ( Zmarzły Staw Gąsienicowy )

in the valley Dolina Czarna Gąsienicowa as well

• Polish Green Lake ( Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Polish Long Lake ( Długi Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Zackiger See ( Kurtkowiec )
• Western and Eastern Twin Lakes ( Dwoisty Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Polish Rear Lake ( Zadni Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Polish Angelica Lake ( Litworowy Staw Gąsienicowy )
• Lower and Upper Polish Red Sea ( Czerwone Stawki Gąsienicowe )
• Mokra Jama
• Kesselseelein ( Kotlinowy Stawek )
• Gemini little lake ( Dwoiśniaczek )
• Triplet Lake ( Troiśniak )
• Lower and Upper Twin Lakes ( Dwoiśniak )
• Einzelsee ( Jedyniak )
• Lonely Lake ( Samotniak )

in the Dolina Zielona Gąsienicowa valley.

In the lower area is the Seealmwald ( Las Gąsienicowy ) coniferous forest . The Roztoka Stawiańska plateau overgrown with mountain pines lies between Las Gąsienicowy and the side valleys .

etymology

The Polish name can be translated as "Gąsienica Valley". The Gąsienic were an important family from Zakopane in the Podhale region at the foot of the High Tatras, who owned the valley, especially the Hala Gąsienicowa mountain pasture .

Flora and fauna

The valley lies below and above the tree line. It is a retreat for chamois, goats, deer, bears, lynxes, wolves and golden eagles.

climate

There is a high mountain climate in the valley.

Alpine farming

Before the Tatra National Park was established in 1954, the valley had been used for alpine farming since the 17th century. However, it has been visited by shepherds and robbers before. In 1650/1651, the rebel Aleksander Kostka-Napierski is said to have recruited soldiers from the shepherds on the mountain pasture. The alpine pasture is documented in 1653, in which the alpine pasture is called Hala Stawów (German: Seenalm or Valley of the Lakes ). Later the name Dolina Siedmiu Stawów (German: Valley of the Seven Lakes or Siebenseental ) appeared. After the establishment of the national park, the owners of the alpine pastures were expropriated or forced to sell.

tourism

The Schronisko PTTK Murowaniec mountain hut is located on the Hala Gąsienicowa mountain pasture .

There are also some other buildings in the valley:

• an alpine mountain hut "Betlejemka",
• a forest hut "Księżówka" of the National Park Administration,
• a mountain guard hut "Gawra" of the national park administration,
• a weather station of the Polish Academy of Sciences - PAN .

There are numerous hiking trails in the valley.

• ▬ A blue-marked hiking trail leads from the Schronisko PTTK Murowaniec refugethrough the valley past the Polish Black Lake to the Riegelscharte ( Zawrat )mountain pass.
• ▬ A green hiking trail leads from Wierchporoniec to the Schronisko PTTK Murowaniec mountain hut.
• ▬ A yellow hiking trail leads from the Schronisko PTTK Murowaniec mountain hutto the Kreuzsattel .
• ▬ A black-marked hiking trail leads from the Polish Black Lake over the Small Polish Chapel and Kerbsattel to the Polish Chapel summit.
• ▬ A yellow hiking trail leads from the Polish Black Lake to the Northern Granatenspitze .
• ▬ A yellow-marked hiking trail leads from the mountain lake Frozen Polish Lake to the Gemsenscharte .
• ▬ A green marked hiking trail leads from the Frozen Polish Lake to the southern Granatenspitze mountain.
• ▬ A black marked hiking trail branches off from the ▬ green marked hiking trail to the Schwarzwandscharte ( Przełączka nad Dolinką Buczynową ).
• ▬ A yellow-marked hiking trail leads from the Schronisko PTTK Murowaniec refugethrough the valley to the summit of Kasprowy Wierch .
• ▬ A black marked hiking trail leads from the Roztoka Stawiańska valleyto the Seealmscharte .
• ▬ A green hiking trail leads from the Roztoka Stawiańska Valley to the Liliensattel mountain pass.
• ▬ A blue marked trail connects the ▬ black-marked trail with the notch saddle.

The Orla Perć (Eagle Walk) high trail leads east above the valley and can be reached on marked hiking trails from the valley. In the western part of the valley there is a Hala Gąsienicowa chairlift to Kasprowy Wierch and a ski slope Gąsienicowa from Kasprowy Wierch to the Zakopan district of Kuźnice .

literature

• Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski, Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska , Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
• Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .

Web links

Commons : Dolina Gąsienicowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

panorama

Panorama of the valley from the Hala Gąsienicowa Alm , in the center of the picture the Kościelec massif , which divides the side valleys Dolina Czarna Gąsienicowa (north - left here) and Dolina Zielona Gąsienicowa (south - right here).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Józef Nyka, Tatry polskie. Przewodnik . Wyd. XIII, Latchorzew, 2003, Trawers, ISBN 83-915859-1-3