Muskau Bend Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa) is a protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 (Landscape Park

Landscape Park (Poland)

A Landscape Park is the name given in Poland to a type of protected area, of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use....

) in western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, established in 2001, covering an area of 182 square kilometres (70.3 sq mi). It takes its name from a bend in the Lusatian Neisse

Lusatian Neisse

The Lusatian Neisse is a long river in Central Europe. The river has its source in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after , and later forms the Polish-German border on a length of...

 river (which marks the Polish-German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 border) in the vicinity of the German town of Bad Muskau

Bad Muskau

Bad Muskau is a spa town in the historic Upper Lusatia region in Germany at the border with Poland. It is part of the Görlitz district in the State of Saxony....

 (facing the Polish town of Łęknica).

The Park lies within Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in Żary County

Zary County

Żary County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Żary, which...

 (Łęknica, Gmina Brody

Gmina Brody, Lubusz Voivodeship

Gmina Brody is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Brody, which lies approximately north-west of Żary and west of Zielona Góra....

, Gmina Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Przewóz, which lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Gmina Trzebiel

Gmina Trzebiel

Gmina Trzebiel is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Trzebiel, which lies approximately west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Gmina Tuplice

Gmina Tuplice

Gmina Tuplice is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Tuplice, which lies approximately west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

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