Mickiewicz Falls

Mickiewicz Falls (pronounced: [mit͡sˈkjɛvit͡ʂ]; Polish: Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza; Slovak: Mickiewiczove vodopády, German: Mickiewiczfälle; Hungarian: Mickiewicz-vízesések)[1] is a waterfall in the Tatra National Park, Lesser Poland, consisting of three main cascades dropping a total of 10 metres (33 ft).

[2] The Polish name of the waterfall, Wodogrzmoty, is derived from the words woda (water) and grzmot (thunder).

[3] In 1891, the Polish Tatra Society (today known as Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society, PTTK) officially named the waterfall after Adam Mickiewicz to celebrate the fact that in the previous year the poet's ashes were transferred to the country and laid at the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków.

The only reference to the Tatras in Mickiewicz's works can be found in his 1836 French-language play Les confédérés de Bar.

[4] In 1900, a stone bridge was built near the waterfalls on the Oswald Balzer Trail leading to Lake Morskie Oko.