Świętokrzyski National Park By Marek Gwóźdź Print Email The first nature object under protection in Góry Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross Mountains) was created in 1920; it was a preserve on Chełmowa Góra, or Mt Chełmowa. In 1922, two more reserves were created, on Mt Łysica and Mt Łysa Góra. The three reserves were to be adequately enlarged and then united into a National Park – Stefan Żeromski’s Primeval Fir Forest. In 1932, another reserve was created on Mt Miejska, and the already existing enlarged. Organisational work aimed at creating the park were interrupted by the war. They were resumed after the war ended and in 1950 the Świętokrzyski National Park was created.
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Ujście Warty (Warta Mouth) National Park By Marek Gwóźdź Print Email The Warta Mouth National Park, created 1 July 2001, lies within the Toruń-Eberswalde Glacial Valley, where Warta meets the Oder. The 8 038 hectare Park covers the area of backwater at where Warta flows into the Oder, created to a large extent by the Postomia river. The seat of the Park management is in Chyrzyn near Kostrzyna upon Oder. The Park covers four communes: Górzyca, Kostrzyn upon Oder, Słońsk and Witnica. The Park’s emblem is bean goose.
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The Wielkopolska National Park By Magdalena Skała Print Email The Wielkopolska National Park lies in mid western Poland in the Wielkopolska Lakeland (Pojezierze Wielkopolskie). It is located and through Poznań by numerous trains – with Warsaw . The main seat of the Park and Museum is in the former Greiser’s Palace in Jeziory, a small village on Górka Lake. The Park’s emblem is a (tawny) owl against yellow background.
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The Słowiński National Park By Magdalena Skała Print Email The Słowiński National Park is situated in the north of Poland, in the Baltic Coastland (Pobrzeże Bałtyckie), Pomorskie region. It covers the Łeba Barrier, the great lakes of Gardno and Łebsko and the Gardno-Łeba Lowland that stretches between them. The name of the park comes from the onetime dwellers of that region, Słowińcy (or Slovinians). Some say that they were a group of Kashubians, others – that they were completely different people.
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