Karpacz
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Karpacz is a spa town and ski resort in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping
Town centre
General view of the settlement in 1900
Vang Stave Church, 13th century
Karpacz railway station, Museum of Toys' and Municipal Library
Vang Stave Church
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Vang Stave Church or Mountain Church of Our Savior is a stave church located in Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains in Poland. It was transferred to its present location from Vang Municipality in the
Karpacz
…from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. Eventually renamed Karpacz in 1946, the settlement was granted town rights in 1959. Sights Vang Stave Church, 13th century In Karpacz Górny a gravity hill is located where bottles appear to roll uphill. There is also a Norwegian stave church, moved here from…
Drawing of the stave church from 1841 by F.W. Schiertz
Original location of Vang Stave Church in Norway
Cross section and longitudinal section of the church.