Falsztyn
Falsztyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łapsze Niżne, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Niedzica Castle and Czorsztyn Castle.
Niedzica Castle
Castle
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Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle, is located in the southernmost part of Poland in Niedzica. It was erected between the years 1320 and 1326 by Kokos of Brezovica on the site of an ancient stronghold surrounded by earthen walls in the Pieniny mountains. Niedzica Castle is situated 3½ km east of Falsztyn.
Czorsztyn Castle
Ruins
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The ruins of Czorsztyn Castle are located in the southernmost part of Poland in Czorsztyn, at Czorsztyn Lake within Pieniny National Park borders. On the other side of the Czorsztyn Lake is located Niedzica Castle. Czorsztyn Castle is situated 3 km east of Falsztyn.
Hombark Łapszański
Peak
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Hombark Łapszański is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Falsztyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beskids and Niedzica-Zamek.
Beskids
Photo: Lestat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beskids are a long series of mountains, with over a dozen constituent ranges, that form part of the Carpathian Mountains. With peaks seldom exceeding 2000 m, they lie for the most part in southern Poland, crossing Silesia, Małopolskie and Podkarpackie Provinces.
Niedzica-Zamek
Village
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Niedzica-Zamek is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Falsztyn.
Niedzica
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Niedzica is a resort village in Nowy Targ County of Lesser Poland province, Poland, located on the banks of Lake Czorsztyn. It is famous for Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle.
Falsztyn
- Type: Village with 302 residents
- Description: village of Poland
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Łapsze Niżne, Nowy Targ County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.42789° or 49° 25′ 40″ northLongitude
20.27309° or 20° 16′ 23″ eastPopulation
302Elevation
626 metres (2,054 feet)Open location code
8GX2C7HF+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 441585712OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
772557Wikidata ID
Q225016
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Falsztyn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Falsztyn”
- Cebuano: “Falsztyn”
- Chechen: “Фальштин”
- Chinese: “Falsztyn”
- Czech: “Falsztyn”
- Dutch: “Falsztyn”
- Esperanto: “Falsztyn”
- Estonian: “Falsztyn”
- French: “Falsztyn”
- German: “Falkenstein”
- German: “Falsztyn”
- Hungarian: “Falstin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Falsztyn”
- Persian: “فالشتن”
- Polish: “Falsztyn”
- Slovak: “Falštín”
- South Azerbaijani: “فالشتن”
- Tatar: “Фальштин”
- Turkish: “Falsztyn”
- Ukrainian: “Фальштин”
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