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