Osadné: Points of interest

Crypt of soldiers from World War I. in Osadné

Welcome to the website dedicated to the unique monument - the crypt of 1025 soldiers from World War I. under the Orthodox church in Osadné - the only one of its kind in Slovakia.

„1025 DEAD SOLDIERS FROM THE WORLD WAR 1914 – 1915 REST HERE. 23 KNOWN BY THE NAME, 1002 UNKNOWN. GOD REST SOULS OF THE DEPARTED THY SERVANT!“

A tablet in Czech and Russian from 1934
placed close to the crypt

An Orthodox Church of Ascension-Day in old-Russian style from 1930;

A crypt for soldiers killed in World War I under the Orthodox Church – unique in Slovakia;

A Union church of Archangel Michael in classicistic style from 1782;

Monument to soldiers killed in World War II;

International tourist trail to Poland;

Udava – Solinka International Forestry Trail;

Eastern Carpathians Protected Landscape Area;

Poloniny National park;

Udava Natural Reservation – a fir-beech virgin forest with two hundred-year-old firs of extraordinary value;

Bieszcadzka narrow gauge forest railway from Lupkow to Cisna in Poland;

A Union Church of the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos in Hostovice from 1946;

An Orthodox Church of The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos in Byzantine style in Hostovice from 2008 – unique in Slovakia.

Rarities of Fauna:

8 species of woodpeckers: Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martinus), Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus medius), White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopus leucotus), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor);

Unique incidence of owls within a small area: Ural Owl (Strix uralensis), Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum), Tengmalm`s Owl (Aegolius funereus), Tawny Owl (Strix aluco), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus);

Unique incidence of eagles: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus penatus) – the only nidification place in Slovakia;

Aesculapian Snake (Elaphe longissima) – our longest snake – lenght up to 2m;

Butterfly Alcon Blue (Maculinea alcon), whose caterpillars live on flowers called Marsh Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) and in ant-hils of European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) and Myrmica ruginodis – only two incidence in Slovakia;

Corn Crake (Crex crex) – Europian endangered species;

Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina);

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos).

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