Kościelec (High Tatras)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Kościelec

| translation = Resembling a church

| language = Polish

| photo = Kościelec.jpg

| photo_caption = Kościelec from Gąsienicowa Valley

| elevation_m = 2155

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=28663|name=Kościelec, Poland|access-date=2014-05-02}}

| prominence_m = 120

| prominence_ref =

| range = High Tatras

| listing = Mountains of Poland

| location = Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

| map = Poland

| map_caption = Poland

| coordinates = {{coord|49|13|31|N|20|00|52|E|type:mountain_region:PL_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| type = Granite

| easiest_route = Hiking

| first_ascent =

}}

Kościelec (2,155 m above sea level) is a mountain in the High Tatras in the Gąsienicowa Valley of Poland.

In popular culture

On February 8, 1909, the composer Mieczysław Karłowicz was killed at the age of 32 by an avalanche while skiing in the Little Kościelec.{{Cite web |title=Śmierć Mieczysława Karłowicza pod Kościelcem |url=https://portaltatrzanski.pl/wiedza/historia/smierc-mieczyslawa-karlowicza-pod-koscielcem,1900 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110181432/https://portaltatrzanski.pl/wiedza/historia/smierc-mieczyslawa-karlowicza-pod-koscielcem,1900 |archive-date=2019-11-10 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=portaltatrzanski.pl |language=pl}} This incident was commemorated by Wojciech Kilar in his tone poem Kościelec 1909, composed in 1976.

File:Kościelec a9.jpg|General view of Kościelec

File:Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy, widok na Kościelec.jpg|Kościelec seen from Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy

File:Koscielec-widok-z-hali-gasienicowej.JPG|View from Królowe Rówienki

References

Category:High Tatras

Category:Mountains of the Western Carpathians

Category:Two-thousanders of Poland