Szczecin Landscape Park
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Szczecin Landscape Park (Szczeciński Park Krajobrazowy "Puszcza Bukowa") is a protected area
(Landscape Park
) in north-western Poland
, established in 1981 and covering an area of 91 square kilometres (35.1 sq mi). Its full name refers to the forest known as Puszcza Bukowa ("beech forest"), which covers most of the area of the Park.
The Park lies within West Pomeranian Voivodeship
, partly within the city of Szczecin
, and partly in Gryfino County
(Gmina Gryfino
, Gmina Stare Czarnowo
).
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 north-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 1981 and covering an area of 91 square kilometres (35.1 sq mi). Its full name refers to the forest known as Puszcza Bukowa ("beech forest"), which covers most of the area of the Park.
The Park lies within West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...
, partly within the city of Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
, and partly in Gryfino County
Gryfino County
Gryfino County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-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...
(Gmina Gryfino
Gmina Gryfino
Gmina Gryfino is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...
, Gmina Stare Czarnowo
Gmina Stare Czarnowo
Gmina Stare Czarnowo is a rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stare Czarnowo, which lies approximately east of Gryfino and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...
).