Kościelisko
Kościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kościelisko.
In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900.
Notable people
- Sabała a Goral amateur musician, storyteller and folk singer active in or around the Tatra Mountains.
- Klemens Bachleda, Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, born in Kościelisko
- Wacław Krzeptowski was one of the leaders of the Goralenvolk action in Podhale during WWII.
- Andrzej Krzeptowski was a Polish cross-country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.
- Stanisław Karpiel a Polish cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Józef Zubek a Polish soldier and skier.
- Stanisław Bukowski, Polish cross-country skier competed at the 1948 and the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Tadeusz Kwapień was a former Polish cross-country skier who competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics