Krzesin Landscape Park ( pl, Krzesiński Park Krajobrazowy) is a
protected area (
Landscape Park) located in western
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 populou ...
which was established in 1998 and covers an area of .
The park lies entirely within
Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland.
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...
: in
Krosno Odrzańskie County
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Krosno Odrzańskie County ( pl, powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result o ...
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Gmina Gubin
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Gmina Gubin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krosno Odrzańskie County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the Germany, German border. Its seat is the town of Gubin, Poland, Gubin, although the town is not part of the ...
,
Gmina Maszewo) and
Słubice County
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Słubice County ( pl, powiat słubicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish lo ...
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Gmina Cybinka
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Gmina Cybinka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the Germany, German border. Its seat is the town of Cybinka, which lies approximately south-east of Słubice, ...
). It takes its name from the village of
Krzesin in Gmina Cybinka.
Natural features
It includes wet meadows and pastures in the valley of the
Oder and
Neisse
The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.[willow
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...]
and
poplar riparian
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks a ...
forests. The park is also noted as a large
white stork
The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to e ...
colony
In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state' ...
, the largest in western Poland. The park also features some rolling green meadows, mature shady trees and a diverse vegetation.
The conditions for
agricultural production
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
in the communes of the park are not very favorable, and the park has low
tourist
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (disambiguation), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (disambiguation), tours. Th ...
penetration.
References
{{Polish protected areas
Krzesin
Parks in Lubusz Voivodeship