Habsburg Hunting Lodge in Wisła

The Habsburg Hunting Lodge in Wisła is a timber hunting manor house from 1897-1898, today the seat of a PTTK branch. The address is Lipowa 4a. The building is entered in the heritage register and lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail.

Hunting below Barania Góra

The building was put up in the Przysłop clearing below Barania Góra. A forester's lodge had stood there since 1855, and a small hunting cottage was replaced with a larger building as interest in hunting grew after a hunt in 1853. The single-storey timber structure is in the Tyrolean style, and its designer was probably Albin Teodor Prokop. It could accommodate 64 people, 24 of them in hotel-standard conditions.

From the Habsburgs to the PTTK

In 1915 the lodge was visited by Emperor Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, and in 1916 the last Habsburg hunt took place. On 12 November 1918 the local population looted the building. In 1924 it was leased by the mountain section of the Polish tourist society (today the PTTK), and a year later the Przysłop mountain hut was opened here. After the Second World War, in 1946, the hut was in operation again. In 1985 the building was moved to the centre of Wisła, and since 1987 it has been the seat of the PTTK Wisła branch. The monument was entered in the register in 1987.

Near the Wisła Adam Małysz Sports Trophies Gallery and the Stanisław Hadyna Amphitheatre it is easy to plan a walk around the centre.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Lipowa 4a, Wisła.
• The building is the seat of an office, so the interiors are accessible only during working hours. Check them before your visit.