Czorsztyn – the village located in the 14th century and connected with the historic route from Poland to Hungary going there. The primal name of the village was Wronin (in Old Polish 'wroni' meant black). Settlement of German speaking citizens of Spisz (region of Poland) caused changing the name to Schorstein (from German 'protruding rock') which was later polonized into Czornsztyn and then Czorsztyn. Nowadays the old village is under the artificial lake called – Czorsztyn Lake or Czorsztyn Lagoon. Near the village there are ruins of a Gothic castle. From the 14th century the castle was an embanked fortification, during the reign of Kazimierz the Great the castle was changed into brick fortress – the seat of the Czorsztyn Starosty. Famous people connected with the castle are, among others, Polish knight Zawisza Czarny and a famous rebel Kostka Napierski. In 1795 the castle burnt from a lightning and was never rebuild. In 1811 the Czorsztyn realms became the Austro – Hungarian property. In 1918 the Drohojowski family bought the place. In 1921 Stanisław Konstanty Drohojowski created on the area the first private reserve. In the 19th century Czorsztyn became a summer resort with architecture in style of popular 19th century spa centres. Czorsztyn was becoming more and more popular and in 1933 the number of tourist grew to about 1300. The works on the Czorsztyn Dam made the tourist go away. At those times  the citizens started building  their houses around the Czorsztyn Castle in the area called Nadzamcze. When the dam was finished the tourists came back and today Czorsztyn is a popular summer resort again. It is a great base for hiking in Pieniny Mountains, the Tatras, the Gorce Mountains and Slovakia. Czorsztyn has a lot to offer and therefore it attracts more and more tourists every year.