Kościelec (2,155 m above sea level) is a mountain in the

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Tatras The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - ''plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the highe ...

in the Gąsienicowa Valley of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

In popular culture

On February 8, 1909, the composer

Mieczysław Karłowicz Mieczysław Karłowicz (, 11 December 18768 February 1909) was a Polish composer and conductor. Life Mieczysław Karłowicz was born in Vishneva, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus) into a noble family belonging to ...

was killed at the age of 32 by an avalanche while skiing in the Kościelec mountain. This incident was commemorated by

Wojciech Kilar Wojciech Kilar (; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' in 1992, which received the ASCAP Award ...

in his tone poem ''Kościelec 1909'', composed in 1976. File:Kościelec path 1.jpg, Path to Kościelec File:Kościelec view 9.jpg, View from the top of the mountain File:Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy, widok na Kościelec.jpg, The mountain seen from Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy lake

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