{"id":30,"date":"2017-06-24T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T11:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:26:19","slug":"historia-a-miestopis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/historia-a-miestopis\/","title":{"rendered":"History and topography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30\" class=\"elementor elementor-30\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74f8e20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74f8e20\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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h3{font-size:1rem;font-weight:800;color:#1a3a00;margin-bottom:6px}\n  .peak-body h3 a{color:#1a3a00;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:2px solid #72b626}\n  .peak-body h3 a:hover{color:#5ca20d}\n  .peak-body p{font-size:.9rem;color:#444;line-height:1.65}\n  .peak-badge.pass{background:#2d5a1e}\n  .peak-badge.tower{background:#3a2200}\n\n  @media(max-width:500px){\n    .peak-card{flex-direction:column;gap:10px}\n    .peak-badge{min-width:auto;display:inline-flex;gap:6px;align-items:baseline}\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<figure class=\"hero\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/zelene_pleso_jesen.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn view from Zelen\u00e9 pleso\">\n  <div class=\"hero-caption\">\n    <h1>Zelen\u00e9 pleso Valley<\/h1>\n    <p>Local guide and history around the Cottage at Zelen\u00e9 pleso<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"section-heading\">\n  <h2>About the Valley<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"intro-card\">\n  <p>The Ke\u017emarok White Water Valley is formed by a complex of valleys branching at approximately <strong>1,400 m a.s.l.<\/strong> into the Zelen\u00e9 pleso Valley, which further divides into the Great and Small Zmrzl\u00e1 Valley, \u010cerven\u00e1 dolinka, the White Lakes Valley and Predn\u00e9 Me\u010fodoly.<\/p>\n  <p>The valley has been visited since time immemorial \u2014 first by hunters, woodcutters and shepherds, later by treasure seekers hunting for gold, copper and iron, and by bandits and smugglers using the pass over Kopsk\u00e9 sedlo heading north.<\/p>\n  <p>The local place names were directly influenced by the valley's pastoral and mining past. The name <strong>Zelen\u00e9 pleso Valley<\/strong> was first officially published in writing in <strong>1797<\/strong>. The first known official visitor was Be\u00e1ta Laska Ko\u015bcieleck\u00e1, who visited the valley at Whitsun in <strong>1565<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section-heading\">\n  <h2>Peaks &amp; Locations<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"peaks\">\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,037<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/sedlo-pod-svistovkou\/\">Ve\u013ek\u00e1 Svi\u0161\u0165ovka<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>The first significant landmark above the valley at the entrance from Biela voda. Accessible via the <strong>Sedlo pod Svi\u0161\u0165ovkou saddle (2,023 m a.s.l.)<\/strong>, built as early as 1930. The evangelical pastor \u0160imon Bil\u00edk (1613\u20131680) from Huncovce hid here for five years (1672\u20131677), digging tunnels in search of gold. Three preserved tunnels remain near the current trail; the deepest measured 11 m.<\/p>\n      <p>The first documented tragedy in the massif occurred on 13 July 1701, when a member of the Ke\u017emarok military unit fell and died during ascent.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,514<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3>Mal\u00fd Ke\u017emarsk\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/h3>\n      <p>The dominant peak of the valley. Simplicissimus and students of the Ke\u017emarok Lyceum may have been the first to stand on it in 1615. The first recorded ascent took place on <strong>21 August 1889<\/strong> \u2014 Samuel Weber with companions, after whom the peak was named in 1890. Its current name dates from the end of the First World War.<\/p>\n      <p>Its <strong>900 m north face<\/strong> is the highest rock wall in the High Tatras. First climbed on 18 August 1912 by J\u00falius Andrej Hefty and Gyula Kom\u00e1rnicky. Today <strong>109 climbing routes<\/strong> run through it. The wall is crossed by a prominent ledge \u2014 the <em>German Ladder<\/em> \u2014 named after the access route of German miners from the F\u00e1bry family, who mined copper and malachite here in the 18th century.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"photo-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kezmarsky_stit.jpg\" alt=\"Ke\u017emarsk\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt\">\n    <figcaption>Ke\u017emarsk\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,632<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Lomnick\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>Hidden from the cottage behind the massif of Mal\u00fd Ke\u017emarsk\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt, but clearly visible above Meden\u00e1 kotlina from the trail to \u010cerven\u00e1 dolinka. <strong>David Fr\u00f4hlich<\/strong> was probably the first to reach the summit in June 1615.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,623<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Py\u0161n\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>First known ascent by <strong>Edmund T\u00e9ry<\/strong> on 8 August 1877, with M. Spitzkopf.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,481<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Spi\u0161sk\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge pass\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,393<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3>Baranie sedlo<\/h3>\n      <p>An important crossing from Zelen\u00e9 pleso Valley to Mal\u00e1 Studen\u00e1 dolina. In winter months it serves as an <strong>official ski touring route<\/strong>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,526<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Baranie rohy<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>First written record of an ascent \u2014 <strong>Stolarczyk<\/strong>, September 1847.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,429<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">\u010cierny \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>Originally known as <em>Papyrus Peak<\/em>. First known ascent on <strong>24 July 1898<\/strong> \u2014 Ant\u00f3nia Englischov\u00e1 with her son Karol and mountain guide J. Hunsdorfer.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"photo-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cierny_stit_jastrabia_veza.jpg\" alt=\"\u010cierny \u0161t\u00edt and Jastrabia ve\u017ea\">\n    <figcaption>\u010cierny \u0161t\u00edt and Jastrabia ve\u017ea<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,418<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Kolov\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>Probably first ascended by <strong>Stanis\u0142aw Staszic<\/strong> in July 1804 \u2014 from Javorov\u00e1 dolina descending into Zelen\u00e9 pleso Valley. The name derives either from the circular shape of the lake in Kolov\u00e1 dolina, or from the relief of the southwest face whose three pillars resemble sharpened stakes.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge tower\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,137<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/jastrabia-veza\/\">Jastrabia ve\u017ea<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>The most prominent landmark of the valley. Originally called <em>Kr\u00e1\u013eovsk\u00fd nos<\/em> (King's Nose) or <em>Karbunkulov\u00e1 ve\u017ea<\/em> \u2014 treasure hunters believed the gemstone Carbuncle lay on its unconquerable summit. First known ascent on <strong>28 July 1891<\/strong> \u2014 Lajo\u0161 Petrik with mountain guides \u0160tefan and Matej Faith.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"photo-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pochyli_jastrabka.jpg\" alt=\"Pavel Pochyl\u00fd and Ivan Chlumsk\u00fd \u2013 first ascent of Jastrabia ve\u017ea\">\n    <figcaption>Pavel Pochyl\u00fd and Ivan Chlumsk\u00fd \u2013 first ascent of Jastrabia ve\u017ea<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,229<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/jahnaci-stit\/\">Jah\u0148ac\u00ed \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>The first written record was made by <strong>R. Townson on 9 August 1793<\/strong>. Accessible via a marked trail built in 1912, secured by a chain below the Kolov\u00fd prechod (2,092 m a.s.l.).<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">2,107<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">Koz\u00ed \u0161t\u00edt<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>Named probably by hunters and shepherds who lived in the surrounding valleys. First known ascent \u2014 <strong>Samuel Weber, 4 September 1895<\/strong>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"photo-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kozi_stit_zeruchove_veze.jpg\" alt=\"Koz\u00ed \u0161t\u00edt and \u017deruchov\u00e9 ve\u017ee\">\n    <figcaption>Koz\u00ed \u0161t\u00edt and \u017deruchov\u00e9 ve\u017ee<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge tower\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">\u2014<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/vystupy-z-horskym-vodcom\/\">\u017deruchov\u00e9 ve\u017ee<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>Named after the abundant occurrence of <em>Cardamine<\/em> \u2014 a small violet-coloured plant \u2014 found at their base.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"peak-card\">\n    <div class=\"peak-badge pass\">\n      <div class=\"alt\">1,780<\/div>\n      <div class=\"unit\">m a.s.l.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"peak-body\">\n      <h3><a href=\"http:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/wp\/kopske-sedlo\/\">Kopsk\u00e9 sedlo<\/a><\/h3>\n      <p>A marked hiking trail crosses this pass. Historically used by bandits and smugglers, and later by miners searching for copper in the Belianske Tatry massif \u2014 hence the names of the two valleys it divides: <strong>Predn\u00e9 and Zadn\u00e9 Me\u010fodoly<\/strong> (formerly Koper\u0161ady).<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f7267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"72f7267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-72f7267{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8301,"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/8301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chataprizelenomplese.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}