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Chojnów Landscape Park
Chojnów Landscape Park (''Chojnowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in east-central Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of . It consists chiefly of the Chojnów forests (''Lasy Chojnowskie'') south of Warsaw, named after the village of Chojnów. The Park lies within Masovian Voivodeship, in Piaseczno County (Gmina Piaseczno, Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna, Gmina Prażmów, Gmina Tarczyn). Since 2010, it has been part of the Masovian Landscape Park Complex, along with the Mazowiecki, Brudzeński, Kozienicki and Nadbużański landscape parks (with which he previously formed the ensemble). It is an element of the Green Ring of Warsaw and the protected areas belt stretching from the Mazowiecki Landscape Park to the Bolimów Landscape Park. Within the Landscape Park are 11 nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The voivodeship has an area of and, as of 2019, a population of 5,411,446, making it the largest and most populated voivodeship of Poland. Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.783 million) in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (212,230) in the south, Płock (119,709) in the west, Siedlce (77,990) in the east, and Ostrołęka (52,071) in the north. The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazovia, with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological 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 organizations involved. Generally speaking though, protected areas are understood to be those in which human presence or at least the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas, the boundaries of which will include some area of ocean, and transboundary protected areas that overlap multiple countries which remove the borders inside the area for conservation and economic purposes. There are over 161,000 protected areas in the world (as of October 2010) with more added daily, representing between 10 and 15 percent of the world's land surface area. As of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chojnów, Masovian Voivodeship
Chojnów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaseczno, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Piaseczno and south of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ....Dolnośląskie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne, Towarzystwo Miłośników Chojnowa. Chojnów i okolice. Wrocław 1986. References Villages in Piaseczno County {{Piaseczno-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piaseczno County
__NOTOC__ Piaseczno County ( pl, powiat piaseczyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. 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 Piaseczno, which lies south of Warsaw. The county contains three other towns: Konstancin-Jeziorna, east of Piaseczno, Góra Kalwaria, south-east of Piaseczno, and Tarczyn, south-west of Piaseczno. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 186,460, out of which the population of Piaseczno is 48,286, that of Konstancin-Jeziorna is 17,023, that of Góra Kalwaria is 12,040, that of Tarczyn is 4,116, and the rural population is 81,465. Neighbouring counties Piaseczno County is bordered by the city of Warsaw to the north, Otwock County to the east, Grójec County to the south, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County to the west and Pruszków County to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Piaseczno
__NOTOC__ Gmina Piaseczno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Piaseczno, which lies approximately south of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2016 its total population is 76,323 (out of which the population of Piaseczno amounts to 44,066, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 32,257). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chojnów Landscape Park. People: Natalia Nizińska (born 2006 in warsaw) zodiac signs: capricorn sun, sagittarius moon, virgo rising Villages Apart from the town of Piaseczno, Gmina Piaseczno contains the villages and settlements of Antoninów, Bąkówka, Baszkówka, Bobrowiec, Bogatki, Chojnów, Chylice, Chyliczki, Głosków, Głosków-Letnisko, Gołków, Grochowa, Henryków-Urocze, Jastrzębie, Jazgarzew, Jesówka, Józefosław, Julianów, Kamionka, Kuleszówka, Łbiska, Mieszkowo, Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna
Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Konstancin-Jeziorna, which lies approximately east of Piaseczno and south-east of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 23,229 (out of which the population of Konstancin-Jeziorna amounts to 16,579, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,650). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chojnów Landscape Park. Villages Apart from the town of Konstancin-Jeziorna, Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna contains the villages and settlements of Bielawa, Borowina, Cieciszew, Ciszyca, Czarnów, Czernidła, Gassy, Habdzin, Kawęczyn, Kawęczynek, Kępa Okrzewska, Kierszek, Łęg, Obórki, Obory, Okrzeszyn, Opacz, Parcela-Obory, Piaski, Słomczyn and Turowice. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna is bordered by Warsaw, by the towns of Józef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Prażmów
__NOTOC__ Gmina Prażmów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Prażmów, which lies approximately south of Piaseczno and south of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,554. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chojnów Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Prażmów contains the villages and settlements of Biały Ług, Błonie, Bronisławów, Chosna, Dobrzenica, Gabryelin, Jaroszowa Wola, Jeziórko, Kamionka, Kędzierówka, Kolonia Gościeńczyce, Koryta, Krępa, Krupia Wólka, Ławki, Łoś, Ludwików, Nowe Wągrodno, Nowy Prażmów, Piskórka, Prażmów, Ustanów, Uwieliny, Wągrodno, Wilcza Wólka, Wola Prażmowska, Wola Wągrodzka, Zadębie and Zawodne. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Prażmów is bordered by the gminas of Chynów, Góra Kalwaria, Grójec, Piaseczno and Tarczyn Tarczyn is a town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Tarczyn
__NOTOC__ Gmina Tarczyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tarczyn, which lies approximately south-west of Piaseczno and south-west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,522 (out of which the population of Tarczyn amounts to 3,886, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,636). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chojnów Landscape Park. Villages Apart from the town of Tarczyn, Gmina Tarczyn contains the villages and settlements of Borowiec, Piaseczno County, Borowiec, Brominy, Bystrzanów, Cieśle, Piaseczno County, Cieśle, Drozdy, Masovian Voivodeship, Drozdy, Duki, Poland, Duki, Gąski, Piaseczno County, Gąski, Gładków, Grzędy, Masovian Voivodeship, Grzędy, Grzywiczówka, Janówek, Piaseczno County, Janówek, Jeżewice, Masovian Voivodeship, Jeżewice, Jeziorzany, Masovian Voivodeship, Jezio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. They may be designated by government institutions in some countries, or by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions. Nature reserves fall into different IUCN categories depending on the level of protection afforded by local laws. Normally it is more strictly protected than a nature park. Various jurisdictions may use other terminology, such as ecological protection area or private protected area in legislation and in official titles of the reserves. History Cultural practices that roughly equate to the establishment and maintenance of reserved areas for animals date bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
