Ojcow National Park - Ojcowski Park Narodowy

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Ojcow National Park is the smallest of the Polish national parks. It was established on January 14, 1956. Its area is 21 km². The park is crossed by five routes with a total length of 39 km. The seat of OPN is located in Fathers.

Maiden Rocks

Characteristic

Kraków Gate

Position

The gate of the castle in Ojców

The park is located in the area of ​​four communes: Skała, Jerzmanowice-Przeginia, Wielka Wieś and Sułoszowa. Geographically, it is located in the Olkusz Upland in the southern part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It covers the central part of the Prądnik Valley, part of the Sąspowska Valley together with the adjacent parts of the Jurassic plateau.

View of the park from the quarry in Czajowice

Climate

The terrain, afforestation and variability of the exposure of the slopes have a great influence on the shaping of the climate. All these factors create a microclimate specific to the region, which distinguishes the park from the surrounding area. The climate of the OPN is therefore mountainous, due to, among others, temperature fluctuations, changes in insolation or the phenomenon of inversion (temperature change with altitude). In the Ojców area, autumn and spring greyhounds last very shortly, only 55 days a year (for comparison, in the Carpathians it is 67 days, at the Baltic Sea as many as 87). An example of the influence of inversion is the average temperature, which is 7.5 ° C on the plateau, 6.6 ° C on the northern slopes, and 6.2 ° C on the valley floor. In summer, the average daily temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. Depending on the year, rainfall ranges from 775 to 830 mm per year.

History

Efforts to protect the nature of the Prądnik Valley were carried out before the Second World War. The project to create a nature reserve in the Prądnik and Sąspowska Valley was created under the supervision of prof. Władysław Szafer in 1924. Despite efforts to create a reserve before World War II, however, it did not take place, and these plans began to be implemented only in 1953. Pursuant to the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of January 14, 1956, Ojców National Park was established as the sixth in Poland. In 1981, a protection zone was established around the OPN, created by the Complex of Jurassic Landscape Parks.

Worth seeing

Accommodation

  • Willa "Zacisze" - Ojców 28, phone no. 12 389 20 68
  • Willa Pod Bocianem - Ojców 33, phone: 606 779 656
  • Willa PTTK "Zosia" - Złota Góra 4, phone no. 12 389 20 08
  • Opalówki Guest Rooms - Ojców 3, phone no. 12 389 12 97
  • Zajazd u Elizy - ul. Łokietka, Czajowice, phone: 602 754 841
  • Hotel Łokietek - ul. Ojcowsk126, Czajowice, phone no. 12 397 22 22
  • Karczma Maciejówka - ul. Jamki 6, Czajowice, phone: 600 448 278

Trivia

  • OPN constitutes only 3.62% of the area of ​​the largest national park - Biebrza National Park.
  • Forests cover 71.26% of the OPN area.
  • Every year, OPN is visited by approx. 350 thousand. tourists.
  • So far, it has been possible to climb the Maczuga Hercules three times (in 1933, 1935 and 1936).
  • The OPN caves constitute approx. 40% of the number of caves in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.
  • OPN constitutes 1% of the Kraków-Częstochowa Jury.

tourist information

  • PTTK - Ojców branch - Ojców 15, 32-047, phone: 889 736 461
  • Educational and Museum Center of the OPN - Ojców, phone no. 12 389 20 05
  • Castle in Pieskowa Skała - Sułoszowa 5, 32-045, phone no. 12 389 60 04
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