Pogórze Wiśnickie
Wiśnicz Mountains | ||
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Highest peak | Jaszczurówka ( 538 m npm ) | |
location | Poland | |
part of | West Beskids | |
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Coordinates | 49 ° 47 ' N , 20 ° 20' E |
The Pogórze Wiśnickie consists of foothills of the West Beskids in southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . Its highest peak is the Jaszczurówka with 538 m. The mountain is named after the town of Nowy Wiśnicz .
geography
The mountains border in the north with the Sandomir Basin and in the north-west with the Pogórze Wielickie , in the east with the Pogórze Rożnowskie , in the south with the Beskids . It lies between the Dunajec rivers in the east and Raba in the west.
structure
The 50 km long and 10 km wide mountains are divided into several ridges.
Cities
The towns in Pogórze Wiśnickie are Nowy Wiśnicz , Myślenice .
Castles
There are several castles in Pogórze Wiśnickie, some of which belong to the Dunajec castles :
natural reserve
The mountains are located in the Pogórze Wiśnickie Nature Park . There are three nature reserves:
- Kamień-Grzyb Nature Reserve
- Bukowiec Nature Reserve (Wiśnicz Mountains)
- Panieńska Góra Nature Reserve
tourism
Hiking trails
- ▬ - hiking trail marked in blue: Bochnia - Nowy Wiśnicz - Kamień-Grzyb Nature Reserve - Paprotna (near Kamienie Brodzińskiego ) - Rajbrot - Łopusze Ridge - Przełęcz Rozdziel - Przełęcz Widoma - Kamionna - Pasierbiecka Góra - Tymbark .
- ▬ - green marked hiking trail: Rajbrot - Dominiczna Góra , Piekarska Góra , Szpilówka and Bukowiec .
- ▬ - hiking trail marked in blue: Biadoliny Szlacheckie via Dębno - Dąbrowa - Jaworsko - Wolnica - Melsztyn .
- ▬ - blue marked hiking trail: Wojnicz - Wielka Wieś - Panieńska Góra .
proof
- Jerzy Kondracki: Geografia regionalna Polski. Warszawa: Wyd. Naukowe PWN, 1998. ISBN 83-01-12479-2 .