St. Lawrence’s Chapel, Sněžka

St. Lawrence's Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel located on the peak of mountain of the in . The chapel is located around 5 kilometres west of the centre of , next to the Czech–Polish state border.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: catholic chapel in Poland
  • Also known as: “Kaplica pw. Świętego Wawrzyńca”, “Kaplica rzymskokatolicka pod wezwaniem świętego Wawrzyńca”, and “St. Lawrence’s Chapel, Śnieżka”
  • Address: Na Śnieżkę 17, Karpacz, 58-540
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sněžka and Česká poštovna na Sněžce.

Peak
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or Śnieżka is a mountain on the border between the and , the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the .

Post office
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is a post office.

Tower
Photo: Lovecz, Public domain.
The - an institution of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, located on - the highest summit of the and the whole , at an altitude of 1602 m.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kocioł Łomniczki and Obří důl.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a valley in the in the of the Czech Republic. The valley lies in the municipal territory of and within the Krkonoše National Park.

Locality
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The is a subalpine plateau in the of and the . The plateau is situated west from the peak of , between the mountains of and Sněžka at 1,390–1,446 m above sea level.

St. Lawrence’s Chapel, Sněžka

Latitude
50.73603° or 50° 44′ 10″ north
Longitude
15.73975° or 15° 44′ 23″ east
Inception
1681
Open location code
9F2QPPPQ+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 332586308
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q11735307
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Polish—“St. Lawrence’s Chapel, Sněžka” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “kaple svatého Vavřince”
  • Czech: “Kaple svatého Vavřince”
  • German: “Laurentiuskapelle (Schneekoppe)”
  • German: “Laurentiuskapelle”
  • Indonesian: “Kapel Santo Laurensius, Śnieżka”
  • Polish: “kaplica pw. św. Wawrzyńca w Karpaczu, Na Śnieżkę 17 w Karpaczu”
  • Polish: “Kaplica św. Wawrzyńca na Śnieżce”
  • Polish: “Kaplica św. Wawrzyńca”

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Highlights include Vodopády Rudného potoka and Przełęcz pod Śnieżką.

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