Czorsztyn

Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn Castle ruins
Czorsztyn
Coordinates: 49°26′N 20°19′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ
Gmina	Czorsztyn
Population  (2008)
• Total	365
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34-436
Area code	+48 18
Car plates	KNT

Czorsztyn [ˈt͡ʂɔrʂtɨn] (German: Schorstin) is a village in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. The village lies in Pieniny, the mountain range on the current Polish-Slovak border. It is famous for the ruins of a 14th-17th-century castle, which was the scene of the Kostka-Napierski Uprising in 1651.

Czorsztyn castle, 1911 oil painting by Michał Gorstkin-Wywiórski at the Lviv National Art Gallery

Highlights

Czorsztyn gave its name to the man-made reservoir also known as Lake Czorsztyn, completed in 1994. The village along with its mountainous surroundings is a recreational destination with well developed tourist infrastructure: accommodations, pleasure-boats dock, and numerous marked hiking trails.

Gallery

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  Czorsztyn Castle and lake panorama
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  Entrance
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  View of marina down from Czorsztyn Castle

See also

• Dunajec River Gorge
• Niedzica Castle
• Pieniny National Park (Poland)
• Trzy Korony massif

External links

Media related to Czorsztyn at Wikimedia Commons