List of World Heritage Sites of Poland

Columns: Name | Location | Date | UNESCO data | Description
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska : the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park | Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 49°51′37″N 19°40′15″E / 49.860319°N 19.670719°E / 49.860319 ; 19.670719 ( Kalwaria Zebrzydowska : the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park ) | 1605-1632 | 905 ; 1999 ; ii , iv | The town is named after the religious complex ( calvary ) founded by Governor of Kraków Mikołaj Zebrzydowski on December 1 , 1602 . The complex is known as the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park . The city of Zebrzydów was established in 1617 in order to house the growing number of pilgrims visiting the religious complex | Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica | Jawor , Świdnica 51°03′14″N 16°11′46″E / 51.054°N 16.196°E / 51.054 ; 16.196 ( Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica ) | 1654-1657 | 1054 ; 2001 ; iii , iv , vi | The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica in Silesia were named after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which permitted the Lutherans in the Roman Catholic parts of Silesia to build three Evangelical churches from wood , loam and straw outside the city walls , without steeples and church bells . The construction time was limited to one year | Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland | Lesser Poland Voivodeship 49°51′34″N 20°16′29″E / 49.859444°N 20.274722°E / 49.859444 ; 20.274722 ( Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ) | 15th-18th century | 1053 ; 2003 ; iii , iv | The wooden church style of the region originated in the late Medieval , the late sixteenth century , and began with Gothic ornament and polychrome detail , but because they were timber construction , the structure , general form , and feeling is entirely different from the gothic architecture or Polish Gothic ( in stone or brick ) | Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski | Germany and Poland 51°33′01″N 14°43′36″E / 51.550278°N 14.726667°E / 51.550278 ; 14.726667 ( Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski ) | 1815-1844 | 1127 ; 2004 ; i , iv | The Muskau Park is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens of Germany and Poland . Situated in the historic Upper Lusatia region , it covers 3.5 square kilometers ( 1.4 sq mi ) of land in Poland and 2.1 km ( 0.81 sq mi ) in Germany . UNESCO added the park to its World Heritage List , as an exemplary example of cross-border cultural collaboration between Poland and Germany | Centennial Hall | Wrocław 51°06′26″N 17°04′37″E / 51.107222°N 17.076944°E / 51.107222 ; 17.076944 ( Centennial Hall ) | 1911-1913 | 1165 ; 2006 ; i , ii , iv | The Centennial Hall ( formerly People 's Hall ) is a historic building in Wrocław . It was constructed according to the plans of architect Max Berg in 1911-1913 , when the city was part of the German Empire . As an early landmark of reinforced concrete architecture , it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site | Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine | ( Brunary , Chotyniec , Kwiatoń , Owczary , Powroźnik , Radruż Smolnik , Turzańsk ) Poland and Ukraine | 16th - 19th century | 1424 ; 2013 ; iii , iv | Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe , the transnational property numbers a selection of 16 tserkvas , churches , built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths . They represent the cultural expression of four ethnographic groups and the formal , decorative and technical characteristics they developed over time . The tserkvas bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition , and symbolic references to their communities cosmogony . The tserkvas are built on a tri-partite plan surmounted by open quadrilateral or octagonal domes and cupolas . They feature wooden bell towers , iconostasis screens , and interior polychrome decorations as well as churchyards , gatehouses and graveyards | Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System | Tarnowskie Góry 50°25′32″N 18°50′57″E / 50.4255°N 18.8493°E / 50.4255 ; 18.8493 ( Historic Silver Mine ) | 16th century | 1539 ; 2017 ; i , ii , iv | Located in the Upper Silesian region of southern Poland , a major mining area of central Europe , the heritage site includes the entire underground mine with adits , shafts , galleries and water management system . Most of the site is situated underground while the surface mining topography features the remains of the 19th century steam water pumping station , which testifies to continuous efforts over three centuries to drain the underground extraction zone . It has made it possible to use undesirable water from the mines to supply towns and industry . Tarnowskie Góry represents a significant contribution to the global production of lead and zinc | Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 50°58′4.7″N 21°30′8.3″E / 50.967972°N 21.502306°E / 50.967972 ; 21.502306 ( Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region ) | 3900 BC-1600 BC | 1599 ; 2019 ; iii , iv | A Neolithic and early Bronze Age complex of flint mines for the extraction of Upper Jurassic ( Oxfordian ) banded flints located about eight kilometers north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski . It is one of the largest known complex of prehistoric flint mines in Europe together with Grimes Graves in England and Spiennes in Belgium

Example questions:
What is the area in square kilometres of the location of a Polish Heritage Site that has buildings that use the horizontal log technique ? | What is the former name of the Polish Heritage Site that is located in the largest city in the historical region of Silesia ? | How many prisoners successfully escaped the Polish Heritage Site camp that is located in a city situated 50 kilometres ( 31 mi ) west of Kraków ? | How many administrative subdivisions is the country noted for a Polish Heritage Site that was the center of political life from 1038 until 1596 ?

Answers:
15,108 | Hala Ludowa | 144 | 16