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Tricity Landscape Park
Tricity Landscape Park (''Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area in northern Poland ( Polish Landscape Park), established in 1979, and covering the area of . The Park lies within the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Wejherowo County (Gmina Szemud, Gmina Wejherowo). On the north side, the Park extends into the Polish forests complex called Puszcza Darżlubska (Darżlubie Forest or Darżlubska Wilderness), from which it is separated by the Reda river. Within the Tricity Landscape Park there are 10 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 ...s. History The Tri-City Landscape Park was established on May 3, 1979 by a Resolution of the Provincial National Council in Gdańsk. According to this resolution, the area of the park was 20,104 ha. The area of t ... [...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] |
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1997. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), on the Vistula Spit. The voivodeship comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of historical Pomerania), as well as an area east of the Vistula River. The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania. The central parts of the province belong to Pomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricity, Poland
Tricity, or Tri-City ( pl, Trójmiasto; , german: Dreistadt; , csb, Trzëgard; ) is a metropolitan area in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, consisting of three contiguous coastal cities in Pomerelia forming a row on the coastline of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, namely the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, along with other cities and towns in their vicinity. In 2021, the three core cities were inhabited by 749 786 people, while the Tricity together with its metropolitan area had a combined population of between 1 and 1.5 million, depending on the definition of the boundaries of the latter. The designation has been used informally or semi-formally only. A strategic cooperation declaration, the Tricity Charter (Polish: ''Karta Trójmiasta''), was signed by the three city mayors on 28 March 2007. The only incorporated common management authority in the Tricity metro is the Gdańsk Bay Public Transport Metropolitan Union ( pl, Metropolitalny Związek Komunikacyjny Zatoki Gdańsk ... [...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] |
Wejherowo County
__NOTOC__ Wejherowo County ( csb, Wejrowsczi kréz, pl, powiat wejherowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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 Wejherowo, which lies north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Rumia, lying east of Wejherowo, and Reda, east of Wejherowo. Rumia, Reda and Wejherowo are contiguous, and are referred to as the Kashubian Tricity, an allusion to the larger Tricity area centred on Gdańsk. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 216,764, out of which the population of Wejherowo is 49,652, that of Rumia is 49,160, that of Reda is 26,011, and the rural population is 91,941. ''Wejherowo County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship'' Wejherowo County is bordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Szemud
__NOTOC__ Gmina Szemud ( csb, Gmina Szëmôłd) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szemud, which lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,757. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tricity Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Szemud contains the villages and settlements of Bagielnica, Będargowo, Bojano, Bożanka, Czarna Dąbrowa, Czarna Góra, Częstkowo, Dębnik, Dębowa, Dobrzewino, Donimierz, Gapionka, Gęsia Krzywda, Głazica, Grabowiec, Jeleńska Huta, Kamień, Karczemki, Kieleńska Huta, Kielno, Koleczkowo, Koleczkowski Młyn, Kowalewo, Łebieńska Huta, Łebno, Łekno, Leśno, Mały Donimierz, Moczydła, Mrówczy Zamek, Nowa Karczma, Przetoczyno, Psale, Rębiska, Rosochy, Szemud, Szemudzka Huta, Szopa, Warzno, Zęblewo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Wejherowo
__NOTOC__ Gmina Wejherowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wejherowo, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,688. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tricity Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Wejherowo contains the villages and settlements of Biała, Białasowizna, Bieszkowice, Bolszewo, Borowo, Burch, Cierżnia, Gacyny, Głodówko, Gniewowo, Góra, Gościcino, Gwizdówka, Kąpino, Kniewo, Kotłówka, Krystkowo, Łężyce, Małe Gowino, Marianowo, Miga, Młynki, Nowiny, Nowy Dwór Wejherowski, Orle, Paradyż, Pętkowice, Piecewo, Pińskie, Pnie, Polnica, Prajsów, Prymków, Pryśniewo, Reszki, Rogulewo, Sopieszyno, Sopieszyno-Wybudowanie, Ustarbowo, Warszkowo, Warszkowski Młyn, Wielkie Gowino, Wosów, Wygoda, Wyspowo, Zamostne, Zbychowo, Zielon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Forests
Forests cover an estimated 35% of Poland's territory, and are mostly owned by the state. And are increasing at a fast rate by 2035 Polands forest percentage will be 40-42%. Western and northern parts of Poland as well as the Carpathian Mountains in the extreme south, are much more forested than eastern and central provinces. The most forested administrative districts of the country are: Lubusz Voivodeship (60,2%), Subcarpathian Voivodeship (58,2%), and Pomeranian Voivodeship (50,1%). The least forested are: Łódź Voivodeship (36%), Masovian Voivodeship (34,6%), and Lublin Voivodeship (32,8%). Contemporary history At the end of the 18th century, forests covered around 40% of Poland.Raport o stanie lasów w Polsce 2009 (Raport on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puszcza Darżlubska
''Puszcza Darżlubska'' () or ''Lasy Piaśnickie'' ( en, Darżlubska Wilderness or Darżlubie / Piaśnica Forest), located in the northernmost part of Poland, is a Polish forests complex on the Baltic Sea, within the geographical region of ''Pobrzeże Kaszubskie''; on the south-side bordering the Tricity Landscape Park (''Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy'') from which it is separated by the Reda river. Inside Darżlubie Forest there are two nature reserves ( Polish protected areas). The wilderness is also the source of two rivers: Piaśnica and Gizdepka. The name of Puszcza Darżlubska comes from the nearby village of Darżlubie in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, north of Gdańsk. Puszcza Darżlubska is the second largest site of mass killings of Polish civilians in Pomerania (after Stutthof) during World War II, with up to 16,000 victims murdered on the site. Polish migrant worker families residing in Germany pre-war were the he largest group executed. Besides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darżlubie
Darżlubie (Kashubian language, Kashubian ''Darżlëbié'', german: Darslub) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Puck, Poland, Puck and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Darżlubie has a population of 788. The village gives its name to Puszcza Darżlubska ( en, Darżlubie Forest, or Darżlubska Wilderness), a place of Polish and Jewish martyrology during World War II. History References Villages in Puck County {{Puck-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reda (river)
The Reda is a river in northern Poland in the Pomeranian Voivodship. It empties into the Bay of Puck, a part of Gdańsk Bay. The Reda is 45 km long, and drains about 485 square kilometers. It flows within the geographical region of Pobrzeże Kaszubskie; bordering Puszcza Darżlubska (English: Darżlubie Forest, or Darżlubska Wilderness) to the north, and the Tricity Landscape Park (Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy) to the south. Flow of the Reda river The Reda flows through or near these locations: *Nowy Dwór, Gmina Łęczyce *Strzebielino *Kniewo *Lake Orle * Orle *Bolszewo *Wejherowo *Reda, Poland Gallery File:Redariverbrokenbridgere1.jpeg, Old bridge File:Redariverpiplinebridgere1q5.jpeg, Pipeline File:Redariverrailwwaybridgere20.jpg, Railway bridge File:Redariverislandtop.jpg, Island on Reda File:Redariverwoodenweirre2q3.jpg, Old sluice gate File:Redariverweirre30.jpg, Old footbridge File:Redaviverbridgere40.jpg, New footbridge File:Piplinebridgere6.jpg, Pipeline bridge F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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