Western Poland (#02): Castle Chojnik
Karkonosze ... the mountain range called Karkonosze in Polish (Czech: Krkonoše, German: Riesengebirge, English: Giant Mountains) lies on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland, between Bohemia and Silesia. It is part of the larger Sudetes range. Its highest peak is Snežka (Polish Sniezka, German Schneekoppe), which stands on the border between the two countries at a height of 1,602 meters (5,260 ft) above sea level, making it the highest peak in the Czech Republic and in the entire Sudetes range. They contain the source of the Elbe River. Large areas of the mountains are preserved as national parks by both countries: the Czech Krkonoše National Park, and the Polish Karkonosze National Park. In 1992 the Czech and Polish parts of the range were jointly designated a trans-boundary biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program.
Chojnik ... (German: Kynast) is a castle located above the village of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. Its remains stand on top of the Chojnik hill (627 m (2,057 ft)) within the Karkonosze National Park, overlooking the Jelenia Góra valley.
The building of the fortress dates back to the times of the Silesian Piasts and for most of its time was in the possession of the Schaffgotsch noble family. Today the semi-ruined stronghold is a major tourist attraction and houses a hotel and a restaurant.
History ... The castle of Chojnik was originally erected by the order of Duke Bolko I the Strict in 1292 at the site of a former hunting lodge built by his father Boleslaw II the Bald. The fortress was meant to protect the borders of Bolko's Duchy of Jawor against the menacing Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. Bolko's grandson Bolko II the Small, the last independent Piast duke, had the castle reconstructed starting from 1355.
ONE DAY LOOP DRIVE in BESKIDS POLISH MOUNTAINS
We took this one day look drive in Beskidy Polish Mountains (Beskids) during our 2018 summer trip to Poland (you can see all videos in this PLAYLIST: It's a great way to see a wonderful sample of Beskids area.
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Poland Destinations
Kraków
Gothic Wawel Castle & Jewish history
Warsaw
Wilanów Palace, Old Town & museums
Tatra Mountains
Gerlach, Kriváň, Rysy, skiing & hiking
Zakopane
Tatras Mountains & Zakopane-style homes
Wrocław
Centennial Hall & Panorama of Racławice
Gdańsk
Long Market, St. Mary'c Church & amber
Poznań
Old Market Square & Poznań Town Hall
Wieliczka
Wieliczka Salt Mine & Saltworks Castle
Sopot
Seaside pier, spas & the Crooked House
Toruń
Museums, monuments, theater, middle ages, and castles
Oświęcim
Auschwitz-Birkenau camp & Zamek Muzeum
Usedom
Seaside resorts and music festivals
Gdynia
Ship museums & Gdynia Aquarium
Malbork
Castles, middle ages, châteaus, museums, and palaces
Łódź
Museum of Textiles & Poznanski Palace
Karpacz
Skiing & 12th-century Wang Church
Tatra National Park, Poland
Big national park with hiking & wildlife
Białowieża Forest
European bison, forests, nature reserves, parks, and gray wolves
Lublin
Theater, open-air museums, gardens, churches, and monuments
Częstochowa
Monasteries, churches, sanctuary, museums, and castles
Hel
Kitesurfing, windsurfing, beaches, museums, and lighthouses
Katowice
Christ the King church & Silesian Museum
Szczecin
Chrobry Embankment & St. James Cathedral
Świnoujście
Museum of Sea Fishery & a lighthouse
Jelenia Góra
Palaces, castles, churches, concerts, and theater
High Tatras
Hiking, mountain, ski resort, waterfall, and lake
Szczawnica
Skiing, rafting, nature reserves, ski resorts, and monasteries
Szklarska Poręba
Waterfalls, skiing, amusement parks, sports, and castles
Łeba
Beaches, lighthouses, amusement parks, marinas, and deserts
Zamość
Renaissance, synagogues, museums, town hall, and zoos
Kazimierz Dolny
Renaissance, castles, synagogues, painting, and skiing
Słowiński National Park
Huge shifting sand dunes & Łebsko Lake
Krynica-Zdrój
Skiing, concerts, mountains, sports, and ski resorts
Kołobrzeg
St. Mary’s Basilica & Kołobrzeg Pier
Karkonosze National Park
Park, waterfall, nature reserve, and mountain
Olsztyn
Theater, lakes, planetariums, monuments, and mixed martial arts
Kłodzko
Castles, mountains, churches, and museums
Kudowa-Zdrój
Mineral waters & Skull Chapel's bones
Bieszczady National Park
Park, eurasian lynx, european bison, nature reserve, and forest
Kościelisko
Skiing, mountains, caves, and winter sports
Władysławowo
Amusement parks, sports, and beaches
Ojców
Castles, caves, ruins, and parks
Sandomierz
Castles, churches, renaissance, museums, and vineyards
Białystok
Theater, markets, shopping, churches, and palaces
Białowieża
Open-air museums, european bison, parks, forests, and palaces
Niedzica
Castles, lakes, and châteaus
Beskids
Mountain, ski resort, cave, forest, and mountain biking
Wadowice
Basilicas, churches, monasteries, museums, and monuments
Vang Norwegian stave church in Karpacz, Poland
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Vang stave church was bought by the Prussian King and transferred from Vang in Norway and re-erected in 1842 in Brückenberg near Krummhübel in Germany, now Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains of Poland.
The church is a four-post single-nave stave church originally built around 1200 in the parish of Vang in the Valdres region of Norway.
In 1832 the local council decided to pull down the stave church because it was too small and had become structurally unsafe.
The painter J. C. Dahl bought the church in 1841 in order to preserve it. The Crown Prince, later King Frederick William IV of Prussia, covered the costs of re-erecting it in Potsdam.
The task of supervising the dismantling was entrusted to the young German architect Franz Wilhelm Schiertz. In September the church was delivered to the harbour of Lærdalsøyri at the head of the Sognefjord, where they were loaded on board the Haabet, bound for Stettin. There the materials were transferred onto a barge for the last leg of the journey to Berlin, where they were stored during the winter in the courtyard of the Altes Museum.
The original plan had been to re-erect the church on the Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) in Potsdam. But in the meantime, this plan was discarded in favour of a site at the remote village of Brückenberg near Krummhübel in the Riesengebirge, now the Karkonosze mountains, in the province of Schlesien. Leopold von Schaffgotsch of Warmbrunn, now Cieplice, donated the site.
In the spring of 1842 the materials were again taken by river barge up the Oder to the foothills, and from there by wagon to the mountain village of Krummhübel. The new site for the church lays 885 meters above sea level in Brückenberg, between Krummhübel and the peak of the Schneekoppe Mountain.
The foundation stone was laid on August 2, 1842 in the presence of King Friedrich Wilhelm himself. It was a demanding task for carpenters who had never seen the church, nor any stave church, to rebuild it correctly. In spite of excellent drawings, most of the materials were discarded. Only the main construction, consisting of sills, posts and wall plates, were made use of, in addition to the carved doorframes. All of the external gallery was built with new materials, and every wall plank was replaced.
The long lost apse was reconstructed, albeit with a very strange baroque roof. The gallery and the flèche were reconstructed, but several new windows without historical precedent were put in. The doorways were turned inside out, with the carvings facing inward. The decorated ceiling above the choir was not restored, probably because it seemed too Catholic in a Protestant church. All the original roof trusses were renewed.
The work took two years and the total cost amounted to more than 75 000 marks. On the King's birthday, October 15, 1843, the flèche with the date 1200 was raised. On July 27, 1844 Prince Frederick of the Netherlands together with huge crowds witnessed the consecration of Die Bergkirche unseres Erlösers zu Wang (The mountain church of Our Savior of Vang). The former owner J. C. Dahl was not present, but he was happy to know that his project had been realised. He was spared the burden of preserving only certain decorated elements, and pleased that a fair likeness had been rebuilt.
Now serving a Polish community, Wang church has become a major tourist attraction and is probably the world's most visited stave church with about 200 000 visitors each year.
The layout with four internal posts or staves is common to several stave churches in the Valdres region. But in the stave churches of Høre and Lomen they are incorporated into a construction with a raised roof above the central part of the nave, whereas the churches of Vang and Øye have ordinary saddle roofs, with no structural connection between the roof and the interior posts.
According to tradition, the church had been relocated once before at an earlier date, confirming the opinion of many scholars that it was much altered before leaving Vang. The Norwegian architect Arne Berg has after thorough examination of the rebuilt church concluded that the remaining original materials belonged to a stave church of the Sogn type with a raised roof above the central part of the nave. Dating evidence is, however, scant. He estimates it to have been built around 1200 — confirming the date inscribed in 1843.
Setra S215NR #DJ_72060 - PKS Tour Jelenia Góra [Nagranie, Szklarska Poręba]
Tym razem coś, czego raczej się nie spodziewaliście - nagranie z Setry w wersji podmiejskiej, która zazwyczaj pojawia się na linii Szklarska Poręba - Jelenia Góra. Wiele osób nie lubi tego pojazdu, lecz mi przypadł do gustu, nawet nie używając w pełni potencjału silnika da się wyprzedzić osobówkę na drodze wojewódzkiej. Oczywiście poza dobrym silnikiem pojazd jest dosyć zadbany (jechałem też O408 tego przewoźnika i nie był zbyt zadbany), w środku jest dosyć czysto jak na PKS. Poza tymi aspektami sam podtyp NR jest dosyć rzadko spotykany w Polsce - łatwiej spotkać wozy z serii UL/SL. Z tego co wiem jeleniogórska Nerka wciąż jeździ i obsługuje wiadomą już relację. Warto dodać, że na Dolnym Śląsku pojawiła się w 2015 roku, czyli w wieku ponad 20 lat.
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Rocznik 1994, silnik Mercedes-Benz (xxxKM) + ZF (manualna)
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Nagranie od Mervina
07.2017
The Best Stunning Lower Silesia # Poland
Ksiaz Castle: In 2015 this place made global headlines after two treasure hunters claimed a Nazi train full of gold was buried under its ramparts. Nothing was found, but there's a vast network of underground tunnels dug by the Nazis and rumors the bastion was being lined up as Hitler's headquarters. Perched on a hill surrounded by forest near the town of Walbrzych, Książ Castle is one of the most impressive sights in the country. Wroclaw Old Town: Picturesque Wroclaw is the economic, cultural and educational powerhouse of Lower Silesia and one of Poland's top attractions. Wroclaw, Ostrow Tumski: Charming Ostrów Tumski (Cathedral Island) is one of the city's main highlights, alongside Centennial Hall and the Aula Leopoldina in the University. Aula Leopoldina, Wroclaw: The Baroque hall of the Aula Leopoldina in the Museum of the University of Wroclaw is a frescoed delight, while the best views of the Old Town can be found in the university's Mathematical Tower. Wrocław Afrykarium: Wroclaw is home to the oldest and most impressive zoo in Poland. The unique Afrykarium is an oceanarium dedicated to the fauna of Africa. Klodzko Old Town: Set in a valley encircled by the Sudetes mountain range, charming Klodzko has Czech-influenced architecture, a splendid Gothic stone bridge and an impressive fortress with breathtaking views. Klodzko fortress: With far-reaching views over the town and countryside and a fascinating network of underground tunnels to explore, the castle at Klodkzo is one of the highlights of a visit. Church of Peace, Swidnica: The Churches of Peace are timber-framed religious buildings that were constructed by the Silesian Protestants after the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Originally there were three but only two have survived, in Jawor and Świdnica. The largest timber-framed churches in Europe, the Churches of Peace have impressive interiors with Baroque ornaments and splendid altars. Ząbkowice Śląskie: Famous for its former Germanic name Frankenstein, which is said to have inspired Mary Shelley's novel, Polish Ząbkowice Śląskie is now on the tourist trail with sights like the Leaning Tower, dubbed the Silesian Pisa. Skull Chapel in Czermna: Outside it may look like a small, charming Baroque chapel. Inside, it's a palace of death. Its walls and ceiling are decorated with 3,000 skulls and bones belonging to the victims of wars and diseases. Vang Stave Church: The wooden church, built without a single nail, was founded in the 12th century in Vang parish in southern Norway. It was bought by famous Norwegian painter J.C. Dahl in 1841 to save it from demolition and re-erected on its present site in the Karkonosze Mountains. Lubiaz Abbey: Lower Silesia is renowned as a land of abbeys, but perhaps the most famous is Lubiąż, the largest Cistercian monastery in the world. Its checkered past includes a spell as a Nazi research laboratory for V1 and V2 rockets before the Soviet army made itself at home. Jelenia Gora: With a large number of spectacular palaces, beautiful historic gardens and a charming historic center, the Jelenia Góra valley is often nicknamed the Polish Loire after the world-famous French region. Błędne Skały: This magical labyrinth of giant rocks in the Stołowe Mountains National Park was used as a location for the film Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Nicknamed the Polish Narnia, its unusual mushroom-shaped boulders, mysterious caverns and picturesque gorges are the perfect setting for a fantasy movie. Szczeliniec Wielki: The best views of the surrounding valleys and Sudetes range can be seen from the panoramic terrace on the top of Szczeliniec Wielki, the highest peak (919 meters) in the Table Mountains National Park. Polanica-Zdroj: Relaxing atmosphere, beautiful walking paths, luxurious health resorts and proximity to the majority of the regional attractions make the small city of Polanica-Zdrój one of the most popular spa destinations in Poland.
Sfaleryt i chalkopiryt na kwarcu - Madan, Bułgaria
Bardzo ładnie wykształcone kryształy sfalerytu w towarzystwie chalkopirytu i kwarcu. Okaz pochodzi rejonu miejscowości Madan w Rodopach w Bułgarii. Zobacz więcej wspaniałych okazów minerałów i skamieniałości ➡️
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27 - Stealing Mona Lisa.wmv
Our last twinminutes, by Poland and Spain.
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Spacer po cieplickim zdroju rozpoczynamy na pl. Piastowskim, gdzie na skrzyżowaniu z pl. Kombatantów znajduje się kościół ewangelicko-augsburski.
0:42 Zabytek z lat 1774-79 jest zaliczany do najpiękniejszych barokowych świątyń ewangelickich Śląska.
Owalne wnętrze zdobią dwie kondygnacje empor wsparte na kolumnach. Pośród barokowych dzieł wyróżnia się bogaty prospekt organowy.
1:04 Idziemy dalej pl. Piastowskim stanowiącym centrum uzdrowiska do pałacu Schaffgotschów. 1:12 Imponującą trójskrzydłową barokowo-klasycystyczną rezydencję (dziś siedziba filii Politechniki wrocławskiej) wzniesiono w latach1784-88 na miejscu wcześniejszego dworu. Na pięknie odnowionej elewacji widnieją wielkie herby Schaffgotschów i piastowskie orły.
W samym centrum uzdrowiska, na Placu Piastowskim, tuż przy Domu Zdrojowym, niedaleko kościelnej dzwonnicy znajduje się 1:30 Trójkątny dom. Budynek ów w najwęższym miejscu ma zaledwie 2,20 m szerokości, a balkony tej najwęższej elewacji ozdobione ciekawymi, metalowymi balustradami. Trójkątny Dom w Cieplicach, stał się ulubionym miejscem malarzy, fotografów i turystów odwiedzających Cieplice w Jeleniej Górze.
Z pl. Piastowskiego skręcamy w ul. Ściegiennego. Znajduje się na niej tzw. Długi Dom.
1:42 Był jednym z elementów kompleksu klasztornego cieplickiego zakonu cystersów. Wzniesiony w latach 1689 - 93 jako dom gościnny dla przybywających do Zdroju kuracjuszy. Obiekt został całkowicie zmodernizowany w 2015 roku. Obecnie jest to nowoczesny hotel zdrojowy.
2:07 Za mostem na Kamiennej znajduje się dawny pałac z 1 poł. XVIII w. Obecnie znajduje się w nim Sanatorium „Stoczniowiec”.
2:16 Obok Trójkątnego Domu mieści się Dom Zdrojowy, wybudowany obok źródeł w 1929-32. W ścianę wmurowana jest płyta upamiętniająca fundację Piastów w 1281 r.
2:21 Charakterystyczną budowlą cieplickiego zdroju jest czerwona, dzwonnica kościelna za którą znajduje się 2:54 kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela. Zbudowano go w 1714 r. Jednonawową świątynię z szeregiem kapic bocznych zdobi wspaniały ołtarz z obrazem Michała Willmanna, przedstawiający Marię Królową Wszystkich Świętych. 2:36 W murze okalającym świątynię, pod drewnianym daszkiem zgromadzono płyty nagrobne Schaffgotschów z XVI i XVII w.
3:21 Na tyłach kościoła św. Jana Chrzciciela znajduję się bardzo ciekawe Muzeum Przyrodnicze. Muzeum prezentuje wystawy stałe Barwny świat ptaków oraz Motyle Karkonoszy i świata, a także wystawy czasowe. Posiada w swych zbiorach ponad 6 600 okazów ptaków, jaj ptasich, ssaków, rogów, motyli, muszli, przekroi drzew, gipsowych modeli grzybów, minerałów oraz motyli. Znaczna część eksponatów pochodzi ze zbiorów rodziny Schaffgotschów. W 2013 r. muzeum wzbogaciło się o unikatową ekspozycję tj. Wirtualne Muzeum Barokowych Fresków na Dolnym Śląsku. Można je podziwiać na stronie muzeum:
6:04 Z pl. Piastowskiego, obok dworu Schaffgotschów, trasa naszego spaceru wchodzi do Parku Zdrojowego, założonego w 1819 r. na miejscu pałacowego ogrodu. W latach 2010-2012 Park Zdrojowy został poddany gruntownej rewitalizacji, w ramach której parkowi starano się przywrócić dawny wygląd. Remontowi został również poddany Teatr Zdrojowy i scena, a cały park otoczono żeliwnym, stylizowanym ogrodzeniem. Znajdują się tu również: Pawilon uzdrowiskowy Edward, Teatr Zdrojowy, muszla koncertowa, wiele fontann i pomnik martyrologii i chwały polskiego oręża stylizowany na dwa miecze grunwaldzkie.
6:44 Z Parku Zdrojowego przechodzimy do zacisznego Parku Norweskiego. Park założono na pocz. XX w. a założycielem był Eugen Füllner, przemysłowiec i właściciel fabryki maszyn papierniczych. Nazwa pochodzi od pawilonu wybudowanego na wzór jednej z restauracji w Oslo. 6:32 Ozdobne ornamenty „Pawilonu Norweskiego”, wieńczące szczyty dachów, tzw. smocze głowy oraz koronki nad kalenicami nawiązują do skandynawskiego budownictwa ludowego. W latach 1986-2013 mieściło się w nim Muzeum Przyrodnicze. Pawilon został otwarty 18 lipca 1909. Nieopodal Pawilonu Norweskiego cieszy oczy widok stawu na środku którego tryska wysoko woda fontanny. Z boku stawu znajduje się uroczy kamienny mostek zwany „Mostem Zakochanych”, obok którego znajduje się stylowa altana.
8:43 Wzdłuż zachodniej i północnej granicy parku przepływa rzeka Wrzosówka, na której wybudowano zaporę wodną. i ogromne wały przeciwpowodziowe, które dodatkowo chronią miasto przed powodzią. 9:02 Z wałów można oglądać jedną z najpiękniejszych panoram Karkonoszy i Gór Izerskich.
Spacerując alejami Parku Norweskiego możemy się nacieszyć pięknym śpiewem ptaków.
2017.08.27
Neshaminy park ( on the gyro ball )
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Deer | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:15 1 Distribution
00:10:05 2 Description
00:12:39 2.1 Antlers
00:15:33 2.2 Teeth
00:16:28 3 Biology
00:16:37 3.1 Diet
00:17:32 3.2 Reproduction
00:18:49 3.3 Disease
00:20:43 4 Evolution
00:21:31 4.1 Eocene epoch
00:22:23 4.2 Oligocene epoch
00:23:40 4.3 Miocene epoch
00:25:23 4.4 Pliocene epoch
00:26:44 4.5 Pleistocene epoch
00:27:39 5 Taxonomy and classification
00:29:20 5.1 External relationships
00:30:10 5.2 Internal relationships
00:31:18 5.3 Extant subfamilies, genera and species
00:40:13 5.4 Extinct subfamilies, genera and species
00:45:50 6 Human interaction
00:45:59 6.1 In prehistory
00:46:28 6.2 In history
00:47:56 6.3 In literature
00:50:29 6.4 Heraldry
00:51:32 6.5 Economic significance
00:55:58 7 Etymology
00:56:47 8 Terminology
00:57:41 9 See also
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Deer (singular and plural) are the hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer, and the moose. Female reindeer, and male deer of all species except the Chinese water deer, grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are part of a different family (Bovidae) within the same order of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla).
The musk deer (Moschidae) of Asia and chevrotains (Tragulidae) of tropical African and Asian forests are separate families within the ruminant clade (Ruminantia). They are no more closely related to deer than are other even-toed ungulates.
Deer appear in art from Paleolithic cave paintings onwards, and they have played a role in mythology, religion, and literature throughout history, as well as in heraldry. Their economic importance includes the use of their meat as venison, their skins as soft, strong buckskin, and their antlers as handles for knives. Deer hunting has been a popular activity since at least the Middle Ages and remains a resource for many families today.