Polonina
Polonina is the Polish ( Połonina ), Slovak ( Polonina ) and Ukrainian / Russian (Полонина / Polonyna ) designation for the treeless peaks of the Forest Carpathians ( Eastern Carpathians ) used as mountain pastures , as well as the name for corresponding parts of the Forest Carpathians. In Slovak, the name in the plural ( Poloniny ) is also used as a name for the entire Forest Carpathians.
Archaeological research by the University of Rzeszów shows that the Bieszczady-Wysokie (Poland) was a Neolithic alpine pasture from 2200 to 1700 BC. After. From this time several alpine pastures in the Carpathian Mountains , the Dachstein Mountains and the Steiner Alps in Slovenia have been archaeologically researched.
The name Polonina can be derived from the old Slavic word plonina (German: desert, wilderness ). In the South Slavic languages, the word planina generally means mountains .
Most famous Poloninas:
- in Poland:
- Połonina Caryńska (summit 1297 m; part of the Bieszczady )
- Połonina Wetlińska (highest elevation: raw 1255 m; part of the Bieszczady)
- Połonina Bukowska (highest point: Halicz 1333 m; part of the Bieszczady)
- Połonina Dźwiniacz (highest point: Bukowe Berdo, Buchenspitze 1312 m; part of the Bieszczady)
- in Ukraine ( Carpathian Ukraine ):
