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ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKI (HOLY CROSS MTS.) UGGp – POLISH GEOPARK IN THE GGN / EGN �
Official status of UNESCO Global Geopark from April 21, 2021
GEOTOURISM AND GEOPARKS IN POLAND�
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF POLAND (WITHOUT CENOZOIC (SOURCE: PIG-PIB) UNESCO DESIGNATED SITES/AREAS AND NATIONAL/LOCAL GEOPARKS INITIATIVES IN
POLAND (AFTER K. MIŚKIEWICZ)
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EXISTING AND ASPIRING UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS IN POLAND�
- TRANSBOUNDARY, POLISH-GERMANY GEOPARK
- GLACITECTONICAL STRUCTURE WELL VISIBLE IN TERRAIN
- POST-INDUSTRIAL CULTURAL HERITAGE
- POLISH GEOPARK SITUATED IN CENTRAL PART OF POLAND
- HIGH GEODIVERSITY: SEDIMENTARY ROCKS REPRESENTING ALL
GEOLOGICAL PERIODS FROM CAMBRIAN TO QUATERNARY (MOSTLY
DEVONIAN)
- NUMEROUS REMAINS OF HISTORICAL MINING AND QUARRYING
- POLISH GEOPARK SITUATED IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF POLAND
- DOMINATION OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- NUMEROUS REMNANTS OF ANCIENT VOLCANOES
THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING GEOPARK IN THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE REGION�
IDEA OF THE CHĘCINY-KIELCE GEOLOGICAL-LANDSCAPE PARK
T. Wróblewski, 1991
Polish Geological Institute
Świętokrzyski Branch
CONCEPT OF THE GEOEDUCATION CENTRE – GEOPARK KIELCE
T. Wróblewski, 1995 (idea); T. Wróblewski, 2000 (concept) Polish Geological Institute
Świętokrzyski Branch
THE PROCLAIMED CHECINY-KIELCE GEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE PARK
FINALLY CHĘCINY-KIELCE LANDSCAPE PARK
LANDSCAPE PARK FOCUSED ON THE PROTECTION AND USE OF GEOLOGICAL AND MINING HERITAGE IN TOURISM AND EDUCATION
DECEMBER 1996
GEOEDUCATION CENTRE – GEOPARK KIELCE �(GEONATURA KIELCE SINCE 2021 )� UNIT OF THE KIELCE COMUNNE ORGANIZED ON THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GEOLOGICAL / NATURAL HERITAGE IN EDUCATION AND TOURISM
OCTOBER 2003
HOLY CROSS MTS. GEOPARK – FROM LOCAL INITIATIVE TO THE UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK �
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GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF INTERNATIONAL VALUE – THE BASIS FOR THE CREATION OF �A GEOPARK�
GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE IN THE REGIONAL SCALE – ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE (HOLY CROSS MTS.) REGION �
GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE IN THE LOCAL SCALE – THE GEOPARK’S AREA�
OUTCROPS OF INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS AND DIFFERENT TECTONICAL FORMS (CALEDONIAN, VARISCAN, ALPINIAN)
NUMEROUS KARST FORMS REPRESENTING PERMIAN-TRIASSIC AND CENOZOIC TERRESTRIAL PERIODS
APPARENT RELATION BETWEEN GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGY (INCLUDING DIFFERENT ROCKY FORMS)
NUMEROUS REMNANTS OF HISTORICAL MINING AND QUARRYING – OCURRENCE OF HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION (CALCITE, BARITE, GALENA, MALACHITE, AZURITE, QUARTZ, PYRITE)
UNIQUE GEODIVERSITY: OUTCROPS SEDIMENTARY ROCK REPRESENTING ALL GEOLOGICAL PERIODS FROM THE CAMBRIAN TO THE QUATERNARY
GEOLOGICAL INSPIRATION FOR GEOPARK’S LOGO�
THE GEOPARK LOGOTYPE INSPIRATION WAS THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE CHĘCIŃSKA VALLEY
CHĘCIŃSKA VALLEY LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GEOPARK IS THE BEST REFLECTS OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEOLOGY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE LANDSCAPE OF THE GEOPARK’S AREA
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GEOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTION THROUGH THE CHĘCŃSKA VALLEY SHOWING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF DIFFERENT AGE, FOLDED IN THE ANTICLINE
REPRESENTATIVE GEOSITES – SELECTED EXAMPLES
Kadzielnia former quarry Jaskinia Raj nature reserve Nature rocky reserve of J. Czarnocki
Szewce former quarry Góra Miedzianka nature reserve Chelosiowa Jama nature reserve
HISTORICAL MINING AND QUARRYING – SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR HERITAGE
UNIQUE COMBINATION OF GEO/BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE REFLECTED IN THE LANDSCPAE�
GEORÓŻNORODNOŚĆ
UNIQUE COMBINATION OF EXTRAORDINARY GEODIVERSITY WITH �A RICH BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, VISIBLE IN THE GEOPARK’S LANDSCAPE
78 GEOSITES, 60 NATURAL SITES AND 48 CULTURAL SITES
TOTAL LEGALLY PROTECTED AREA WHITHIN THE GEOPARKS RANGES 381,87 km2, WHICH YIELDS OVER 70% OF IT’S AREA
PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND USE OF LOCAL (GEO)HERITAGE IN TOURISM AND EDUCATION�
TOTAL LEGALLY PROTECTED AREA WHITHIN THE GEOPARKS RANGES 381,87 km2, WHICH YIELDS OVER 70% OF IT’S AREA
THE MOST VALUABLE GEOSITES AND AREAS OF UNIQUE GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND LANDSCAPE ARE PROTECTED BY VARIOUS FORMS OF LEGAL PROTECTION: 15 NATURE RESERVES, CHECINY-KIELCE LANDSCAPE PARK, 2 AREAS OF LANDSCAPE PROTECTION, NATURE-LANDSCAPE COMPLEX, 13 NATURE MONUMENTS, 2 DOCUMENTARY SITES
GEOEDUCATION CENTRES IN THE FORMER QUARRIES / NATURE RESERVES: RZEPKA AND WIETRZNIA
GEOTOURIST PATHS AND ROUTES IN THE FORMER QUARRIES
NATURA 2000 DESIGNATED AREA – PROTECTION OF THE LANDSCAPE AND USING FOR DIFFRENT TYPES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
GEOEDUCATION��
GEOEDUCATION CENTRE IN KIELCE
OPERATING WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF THE KIELCE CITY – GEONATURA KIELCE
GEOLOGY ENTHUSIAST’S CLUB AND EXHIBITION
GEOEDUCATION AT THE BASIC LEVEL (CHILDREN, YOUTHS, FAMILIES)
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN CHĘCINY
OPERATING WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
DIDACTIC-RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND CONFERENCE FACILITY
PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS
CHAPTER THREE - ,,DEVONIAN ROCKS AND THE HUMAN’’ �Relathionships between Devonian rocks and the human activities
GEOLOGICAL WORKSHOPS AT THE GEOLOGY ENTHUSIAST’S CLUB –
GRINDING AND POLISHING THE DEVONIAN LIMESTONES (LOCAL TECHNICAL MARBLE CALLED THE ,,CHECINSKIE MARBLES’’
GEOEDUCATION IN THE GEOSITES��
DIFFERENT FACES OF GEOTOURISM – EXAMPLES OF OUR ACTIVITIES�
CONTEMPORARY ACTIVITY RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
LOCAL COMMUNITY �
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MRS. ELŻBIETA AND MR. JÓZEF CHAŁUPKI VILLAGE / MORAWICA
THE AMBASADORS OF LOCAL POTTERY TRADITIONS
MRS. ALEKSANDRA
A GUIDE TO THE ETNOGRAPHIC PARK IN TOKARNIA
SHE CULTIVATES LOCAL FOLKLORE AND TRADITIONS
SHE’S ALSO ,,THE STAR OF OUR LOCAL ETNO-KITCHEN’’ ☺
LOCAL FOLCLORE BANDS AND REENACTMENT GROUPS
CULTIVATING LOCAL TRADITIONS RELATED TO DIALECT, MUSIC, HANDICRAFTS AND HISTORY
REGIONAL TOURIST GUIDES – GEO-GUIDES COMMUNITY
LOCAL AMBASSADORS OF GEOPARK’S BRAND
NETWORKING IN THE GGN/EGN AND COOPERATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT�
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