Kościelec (High Tatras)

Kościelec
Kościelec from Gąsienicowa Valley
Highest point
Elevation	2,155 m (7,070 ft)[1]
Prominence	120 m (390 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Poland
Coordinates	49°13′31″N 20°00′52″E
Naming
English translation	Resembling a church
Language of name	Polish
Geography
Kościelec Poland
Location	Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Parent range	High Tatras
Geology
Mountain type	Granite
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Kościelec (2,155 m above sea level) is a mountain in the High Tatras in the Gąsienicowa Valley of Poland.

In popular culture

On February 8, 1909, the composer Mieczysław Karłowicz was killed at the age of 32 by an avalanche while skiing in the Little Kościelec.^[2] This incident was commemorated by Wojciech Kilar in his tone poem Kościelec 1909, composed in 1976.

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  General view of Kościelec
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  Kościelec seen from Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy
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  View from Królowe Rówienki

References

1. "Kościelec, Poland". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
2. "Śmierć Mieczysława Karłowicza pod Kościelcem". portaltatrzanski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2024-03-01.