Chełmy Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Chełmy'') is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

( Landscape Park) in south-western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, established in 1992, covering an area of . The Park lies within

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the wealthiest ...

: in

Jawor County __NOTOC__ Jawor County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

(

Gmina Bolków __NOTOC__ Gmina Bolków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Bolków, which lies approximately south-west of Jawor and west of the regio ...

Gmina Męcinka __NOTOC__ Gmina Męcinka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Męcinka, which lies approximately west of Jawor and west of the regional capita ...

Gmina Paszowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Paszowice is a rural area - gmina (administrative district) in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Paszowice, which lies approximately south of Jawor and west of the reg ...

) and

Legnica County __NOTOC__ Legnica County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

(

Gmina Krotoszyce __NOTOC__ Gmina Krotoszyce is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Krotoszyce, which lies approximately south-west of Legnica and west of the re ...

). Within the Landscape Park are four

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, funga, or features of geologic ...

s. File:Rezerwat przyrody Wąwóz Myśliborski koło Jawora.JPG, From one of the four nature reserves File:SM Muchów - pałac (19) ID 741321.jpg, The palace in Muchów

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