Krakow Land Bridge
The Kraków Land Bridge (Polish : Pomost Krakowski ) in Poland is a land bridge in the eastern part of the Kraków Gate in the Northern Carpathian Mountains .
geography
The Kraków Land Bridge is broken through the middle of the Vistula in a west-east direction. The Skawina Graben connects to the south and the Cholerzyn Depression to the northwest . In the north lies the Kraków-Czestochowa Jura and the Kielc highlands .
The Krakow Landbrücke forms the western and southwestern districts of Krakow , it is almost entirely within the urban area of Krakow, and is particularly densely populated with single-family houses. The region is largely forested in the west and built up in the east. There are numerous wet meadows, lakes and karst formations. Geologically, the region consisting of Jura rocks forms the south-eastern continuation of the Kraków-Czestochowa Jura, specifically the Tenczyn Ridge . Numerous limestone rock peaks appear, including:
In the west, the forests in the Bielany-Tyniec landscape protection park are protected from building. In the landscape protection park - especially in the Wolski Forest - there are numerous nature reserves that serve the Krakow people as a recreational area:
- Panieńskie Skały
- Skałki Przegorzalskie
- Bielańskie Skałki
- Bonarka nature reserve
- Kajasówka Nature Reserve
- Skałki Twardowskiego
There are numerous karst formations, such as caves:
During the German occupation from 1940 to 1944, the Plaszow concentration camp was located in the eastern part of the Kraków Landbrücke . Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II , worked as a slave laborer in the Zakrzówek quarry from 1940.
After the quarries and gravel pits were abandoned, numerous dredging and bathing lakes were created in the area of opencast mining:
See also
literature
- Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ISBN 83-01-02323-6