Sites and landscapes of Poland

[Darhet]

Part I
West Pomeranian Voivodeship

north-western Poland

area:22,896 km²
West Pomerania is considered one of the greenest regions of Poland, and one of the most attractive for tourists. It is characterized by incredible diversity of the landscape: beaches, hundreds of lakes, and forests full of wild life spreading mainly up the hills of the glacial lakes areas.
Its capital city is Szczecin. (400 000)

















































































Wolin Island:



















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Part II
Pomeranian Voivodeship

18,293 km²
Northern Poland, within the eastern part of the historic region of Pomerania . Its capital city is Gdańsk. ( 470 000, urban/tricity 800 000)



Dunes















































Hel Peninsula









kaszuby















































Gniew







Malbork




Vistula estuary

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Part III
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
area:24,191.8 km²

The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria (Polish Mazury).
Warmia and Mazury is the region of remarkable tourist and leisure qualities. It is called the land of one thousand lakes although their number should be doubled.















Elbląg Canal






























































































Masurian Lakeland















Sniardwy Lake - the biggest lake in Poland















































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Part IV
Lubusz Voivodeship
area: 14 000 km 2

The functions of regional capital are shared between two cities: Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra.
The region is mainly flat, with many lakes and woodlands. In the south, around Zielona Góra, grapes are cultivated.

























































































































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[fettekatz]

a really nice assortment of pictures!

for the next time, would you please not post all pics in one post? Its just too much on a single site!

[Darhet]

Ok
Small and medium size would be ok.

a really nice assortment of pictures!

Thank you.

[Darhet]

Part V
Greater Poland Voivodeship
west-central Poland
Its capital city is Poznań
(city 580 000, urban,Metro 855,894)
Area:30 000 km2
The Wielkopolska region is a flat region interspersed with forests and lakes. Located in the Warta River basin, it was the home of the Polanie tribe, an ancient Slavic tribe From which arose to the Polish nation. In its center lies Gniezno, an ancient castle town built in the eighth century. Poland's first capital, Gniezno, historians believe, is where Mieszko, Poland's first historical ruler, was baptized in 966. Although the country's capital moved to Kraków in 1038, Wielkopolska remained an integral part of Poland.





























































Woolf "Stobnica Experimental Station of Departement Agricultural University of Poznań























kornik



Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań is one of the oldest churches in Poland and the oldest Polish cathedral. Built in the second half of the 10th century, it was raised to the status of a cathedral in 968 when the first missionary, Bishop Jordan, came to Poland. Containing the tombs of the first Polish rulers.








In 10th century Gniezno became one of the main towns of the early Piast dynasty, founders of the Polish state.













Ostrów Lednicki is a castle in Poland built in mediaeval times on an island on Lake Lednica. The castle is thought to be the home of the first Kings of the Piast dynasty. Today the ruins are of archaeological significance.



Palatium

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Part VI
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
area: 18 000 km2
The functions of regional capital are shared between two cities: Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy) and Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze).





















































Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of an Iron Age fortified settlement (gród) in Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship. It belongs to the Biskupin group of the Lusatian culture. The excavation and the reconstruction of the prehistoric settlement has played an important part in Polish historical consciousness.







Ruins of Wenecja castle from 14th century




12th century St Peter and Paul-Collegiate in Kruszewica

[dArk AnGel]

Darhet a big "thank you" to you.You showed us how beautiful our country is.This nature is so stunning.Ps. Gdybyś mógł wkleić albo przesłać mi to większe zdjęcie z zachodniopomorskiego,tam gdzie te fioletowe kwiaty są.Byłbym ci bardzo wdzięczny.

[Darhet]

Thanks!

Next time will be Łódź Voivodeship,Masovian ,Podlachian and Lublin Voivodeship .
Later I will show you (mountains)Lower Silesian , Silesian,Lesser Poland,Subcarpathian etc.

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Part VII
Łódź Voivodeship
Area: 18,219 km²
Is a province (voivodeship) in central Poland,
The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź( 1 mln -urban/metro)














































































Palace in Nieborów




Arkadia – Park








The Bełchatów Power Station is Europe's largest thermal power plant, situated near Bełchatów
4440 megawatts

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Poland is traditionally divided into five topographic zones from north to south

The largest, the central lowlands, is narrow in the west, then expands to the north and south as it extends eastward. Along the eastern border, this zone reaches from the far northeast to within 200 kilometers of the southern border. The terrain in the central lowlands is quite flat, and earlier glacial lakes have been filled by sediment.The region is cut by several major rivers, including the Oder , which defines the Silesian Lowlands in the southwest, and the Vistula , which defines the lowland areas of east-central Poland.

To the south of the lowlands are the lesser Poland uplands, a belt varying in width from 90 to 200 kilometers, formed by the gently sloping foothills of the Sudeten and Carpathian mountain ranges and the uplands that connect the ranges in southcentral Poland. The topography of this region is divided transversely into higher and lower elevations, reflecting its underlying geological structure. In the western section, the Silesia-Kraków Upthrust contains rich coal deposits.The highest elevation is Mount Rysy, which rises 2,499 meters in the Tatra Range of the Carpathians, 95 kilometers south of Kraków.

To the north of the central lowlands, the lake region includes the only primeval forests remaining in Europe and much of Poland's shrinking unspoiled natural habitat. Glacial action in this region formed lakes and low hills in the otherwise flat terrain adjacent to Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. Small lakes dot the entire northern half of Poland, and the glacial formations that characterize the lake region extend as much as 200 kilometers inland in western Poland.

The third topographic area is located on either side of Poland's southern border and is formed by the Sudeten and Carpathian ranges. Within Poland, neither of these ranges is forbidding enough to prevent substantial habitation; the Carpathians are especially densely populated. The rugged form of the Sudeten range derives from the geological shifts that formed the later Carpathian uplift. The highest elevation in the Sudeten is 1,602 meters, in the Karkonosze Mountains.

The Baltic coastal plains are a low-lying region formed of sediments deposited by the sea. The coastline was shaped by the action of the rising sea after the Scandinavian ice sheet retreated.

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Part VIII
Masovian Voivodeship
Area:35,579 km²
Is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces.
The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw(Urban Area 2,2mln/Metro area3,050,000)



Warsaw





Warsaw 40km far from Centre Warsaw



Warsaw 60-70km far from Centre Warsaw


Wilanów Palace
17th century
one of the most precious monuments of Polish national culture.




Skansen. Heritage park.






















oil refinery Płock


bridge on Vistula River in Plock











Manor house of the Chopin family
Żelazowa Wola



Palace in Radziejowice




















Kampinos big forest next to Warsaw

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Part IX
Podlachian Voivodeship
Area: 20,180 km²
Is a voivodeship (province) in north-eastern Poland.
Podlachia has the lowest population density of the sixteen Polish voivodeships, and its largely unspoilt nature is one of its chief assets. Around 30% of the area of the voivodeship is under legal protection.
There are four national parks (Wigry, Biebrza, Bialowieża, and Narew), 3 landscape parks (Suwałki, Łomża-Narew Valley, and Knyszyn Forest), 88 nature reserves, and 15 protected landscape areas. The voivodeship constitutes a part of the ecologically clean area of "the Green Lungs of Poland".





















Rospuda River











Augustów Canal




















Wigry National Park














Biebrza National Park














Bialowieza Forest
UNESCO World Heritage
It is the only remaining part of the immense forest which once spread across the European Plain





















Bison live in Bialowieza forest

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Part X
Lublin Voivodeship

Is a voivodeship, or province, in eastern Poland.
The province is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin.
Area: 25,155 km²






Roztocze

































































Kazimierz Dolny

[ZZ-II]

thx for the massive collection of pics

[Mindcrasher]

Great pics! I'm waiting for Lower Silesia

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Part XI
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
It is situated in south-central Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) mountain range.

The Świętokrzyskie Mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges in Europe. They were formed during the Caledonian orogeny of the Silurian period and then rejuvenated in the Hercynian orogeny of the Upper Carboniferous period.From the early Middle Ages the mountains were a place of extensive copper and iron mining.

Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), are a mountain range in central Poland, in the vicinity of the city of Kielce. In most part the chain consists of a number of separate ranges, the highest of which is Łysogóry (. bald mountains). The two highest peaks are Łysica at 612 meters (2008 ft) and Łysa Góra at 593 meters (1946 ft). Together with the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska the mountains form a region called the Lesser Poland Upland .

area: 11 700 km2

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Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship:

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Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains)

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Mountains and topography

Poland has 21 mountains over 2,000 metres (6,561 ft) in elevation, all in the High Tatras. The Polish Tatras (Lesser Poland), which consist of the High Tatras and the Western Tatras, is the highest mountain group of Poland and of the entire Carpathian range. In the High Tatras lies Poland’s highest point, the northwestern peak of Rysy, 2,499 metres (8,199 ft) in elevation. At its foot lies the mountain lake, the Morskie Oko. The second-highest mountain group in Poland is the Beskids(Silesian), whose highest peak is Babia Góra, at 1,725 metres (5,659 ft). The next highest mountain group is the Karkonosze (Lower Silesian), whose highest point is Śnieżka, at 1,602 metres (5,256 ft). Among the most beautiful mountains of Poland are the Bieszczady Mountains (Subcarpathian )in the far southeast of Poland, whose highest point in Poland is Tarnica, with an elevation of 1,346 metres (4,416 ft). Tourists also frequent the Gorce Mountains in Gorce National Park, with elevations around 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), and the Pieniny in Pieniny National Park, with elevations around 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).