KIELCE - Geological Paradise

Practical Information

  • Detailed InformationZwińRozwiń
    • Object type:
      Nature reserves
    • County:
      Kielce
    • Community:
      Kielce
    • Address:
      Kielce
    • Latitude:
      50.86120031728
    • Longitude:
      20.617690086365
    • Tourist region:
      Kielce Region
    • Surrounding AccommodationZwińRozwiń
    Stadion **
    Stadion **
    Pokój od: 100 PLN

    • Kielce, ul. Ściegiennego 8
    • +48 41 368 77 15
    Maraton **
    Maraton **
    Pokój od: 40 PLN

    • Kielce, ul. Leszka Drogosza 1
    • +48 41 362 91 16
    Kwatera prywatna
    Kwatera prywatna
    Pokój od: 35 PLN

    • Sandomierz, ul. Mariacka 2
    • +48 15 832 33 72
    Pałacyk Zielińskiego
    Pałacyk Zielińskiego
    Pokój od: 60 PLN

    • Kielce, ul. Zamkowa 5
    • +48 41 368 20 54

    Description

    Kielce is considered as a city of outstanding geological qualities with its four geological reserves located in the city’s area. The most famous of them is Kadzielnia reserve established in lieu of the former quarry.

    Numerous fossils of corals, cephalopods, a world-unique armoured fish and brachiopods are protected there. Moreover, you can also see there interesting examples of various tectonic, mineral and karstic phenomena, and, among them, 26 caves. This remarkable place can also boast of its amphitheatre picturesquely located among rocks. “Ślichowice” geological reserve, which was established for the purposes of preservation of a rock pit, represents an interesting example of Hercynian tectonic influence exerted on the Świętokrzyskie Mountains and visible in the form of typical and strongly undulating lime rocks. You can see there an interesting geological profile with its reversed fold of rock. In Wietrznia reserve found in the eastern edge of the Kaledziańskie Range you can see Upper Devonian limestone with banks of variable thickness containing the remains of fauna of brachiopods, corals, snails, bivalves, trylobites, lilies and armoured fish. Biesak-Białogon, a reserve surrounded by forest and the smallest of the reserves found in the city of Kielce, is also worth seeing owing to its protected Ordovician and Cambrian outcrops reflecting a lot of interesting tectonic phenomena.

    Kadzielnia Reserve 

    Wietrznia Reserve 

    Karczówka Reserve

    Biesak-Białogon Reserve

    Ślichowice Reserve

    Location

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    • 20.617690086365
    • 50.86120031728
    • Kielce
    • KIELCE - Geological Paradise