3. • The castle lies on the ancient trade route
between Poland and Hungary. It was
established in 1348 and it was a royal
property. At the end of the fourteenth
century Wladyslaw Jagiello gave the castle
to his knight Clement of Moskorzew for
bravery in the war. After years two families
(Skotniccy and Firlej) started quarrelling
because they could not live together in
harmony in this castle. The dispute over
the border wall, a chapel and farmland
lasted for many years until ... ended in
marriage (Sophia Skotnicka with Nicholas
Firlej). These families have become literary
characters in “Zemsta” (“The revenge”) by
Aleksander Fredro, and the boundary wall
still exists today as a tourist attraction .
4. • Spinners are a pearl of the Foothills. They are
the most popular and most visited reserve in
south-eastern Poland. They lie on the border
of the villages Czarnorzeki and Korczyna. The
highest point of the reserve is located at 520 m
above the sea level. Spinners are a group of
rocks composed of coarse-grained
ciężkowickie sandstones of characteristic
forms. They dominate over the area and rise to
a height of 25 meters. Their geological age is
defined as the lower Eocene (55 - 35 million
years ago). There is the legend about them.
5. • An English oak HEATHEN
"Poganin" is located in
Węglówka near the Roman
Catholic Church , on the banks
of the Black Stream. This is the
oldest tree in the Foothills (over
600 years old). It has 870 cm in
diameter and 18 meters of
height. This oak still enjoys
good health and bears fruit
regularly. At the periphery of
the church, there is an oak
“Junior”, bred of an acorn
"Heathen", planted in 2003 to
celebrate the 10th anniversary
of the Czarnorzecko -
Strzyżowski Park.
6. • A group of 15 rocks.
They are located in
Wola Komborska.
There is
"Konfederatka" – the
original rock in a
shape of the cap. The
height of rocks comes
to 7 meters.
• A rock MACE
"Maczuga" in Wola
Komborska (with a
height of 7 meters).
7. • A pond " Mieczyslaw" is a monument in Czarnorzeki. Its area is about
25 square meters (5 m x 5 m) at a depth of 8 feet! The source was
established in place of the former operation of sandstone in deep
excavation, which struck the water.
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8. • A waterfall "Three
Waters" in Kombornia. It
was created on a layer of
sandstone surrounded by
dense stand of fir and
beech. It is one of the
few rock falls under legal
protection in the
province of the
Subcarpathian. It is 7 m
high, 10 m wide at the
base and 3 m in the
upper.
9. • There are 23 caves mainly in
Węglówka and Czarnorzeki. They
are usually small, and at the same
time dangerous due to the rocks
from the ceiling. The longest of
them are located on the northern
slope of Mount Royal (559 m).
There are: the Cheerful Cave (75
m), Nelson’s Cave (25 m), the
Bright Cave (50 m). The
groupings of tunnels in
Czarnorzeki "Over lurk" and
Węglówka include legal
protection as documentation
sites.
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10. • It is the highest peak of
the Foothills (585 m). The
television tower
dominates over the
massive (the Radio and
Television Broadcasting
Centre) with a height of
almost 120 meters. The
tower has two balconies
(first at a height of 40
meters) with 90 antennas
installed on the top. In
2004, the first Polish
digital TV transmitter
was installed.
11. • "At the castle Kamieniec". The route is a loop,
beginning and ending at the ruins of “Kamieniec”.
There are 6 stops. The most interesting objects in the
path include: a small cave " Dragon's Den", the
position of the active protection of amphibians,
collective grave from 1831 (victims of the cholera
epidemic) and five Douglas firs as monuments of
nature and pines.
• The predominant species are Scots pines and
European larches. Plants representing the fleece are
blackberries, raspberries, pistachio and white clover.
• Sometimes, a buzzard or a raven can be seen over the
fields or passing buzzard soaring high ordinary or
raven, and pheasants in the fields.
• The forest is dominated by firs and hornbeam, sessile
oaks, beeches, birches, mountain ash and elderberry,
ferns, blackberries and wood sorrel. You may have
noticed a birds nest, jays flying from tree to tree, a
great spotted woodpecker searching for insects.
12. • "The Castle Kamieniec
- Spinners". There are 6
stops with descriptions
of forest communities,
rushing mountain
streams, the settlement
of the ninth century and
the cemetery. You can
feel the ghost of a black
dog there at night!
13. • "Range - Dry Mountain". The tourist path of 2 km
length which runs in beautifully landscaped
grounds. There are underground excavations of
stone (tunnels called sztolnie) which place the
hibernation of bats, two caves with a length of 21
and 14 m, a natural monument: a pond
"Mieczyslaw".
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14. • Walking path along
the stream Morcinek
Tourist walking path
running through the
scenic areas of
Korczyna, along the
left bank of the
stream.
15. • The natural path: a historical castle “Kamieniec” –
“Spinners”
The path is located just 8 km from Krosno, between the
castle "Kamieniec" and a nature reserve "Spinners" in
Czarnorzeki. There are 6 stops:
Stop 1 – the greenwood
Stop 2 – the valley stream Morcinek
Stop 3 – the steep slope coveredwith forests of pines
and birches called Sokolec
Stop 4 – the settlement
Stop 5 – the burial mounds
Stop 6 – the upland forest
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17. When you look to the north, on the left hand you will see the ruins of a fortified castle, on the right -
three stones equal to the treetops, called spinners.
It is impossible to determine how many centuries ago a woman gave birth to triplets castellans - three
girls, similar to each other like drops of stars and very beautiful. A castellan in Odrzykon could boast
of such offspring.
Bogna, Fame and Nice loved entertainment and fun: horseback riding, hunting, dancing and singing.
Their beauty and style were apparent even more when in the evening, in rich dresses, they danced to
the sounds of music. Mother loved it, but wanted the girls to learn embroidery and weaving. Although
all three started needlework, they never found the time to complete it. Many knights asked for the
hand of them, but they preferred to be adored and admired, not rushed to the duties of wives and
mothers.
Then one day three brothers came down to Odrzykon. They came from the wealthy family and soon
they had to go to war. Handsome knights fell in love with the girls and they engaged.
• The girls returned to the loom but not for long. Caring mother saw their carelessness. Only on
Saturday, the eve of the arrival of knights, ladies in fear returned to work and wove in silence. First
cock crowed, then the second and the third. But the girls just enjoyed the sun and missed their
knights. Suddenly, they heard church bells. Girls did not mind that people went to church for the first
mass and whispered in horror seeing them at work in the holy day!
• Soon a cloud of dust appeared from the south towards the castle. The castellan and his wife came out
to welcome the knights. The impatient young men asked why the girls did not come out to meet
them. The young men moved with hooves and saw three white giant rocks, similar to spinners,
covered with pearly dew.
• The girls turned into rocks!
