Masovian Landscape Park (''Mazowiecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a
protected area (
Landscape Park) in east-central
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 ...
, established in 1986, covering an area of .
Location
The Park lies within
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. Th ...
: in
Garwolin County
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Garwolin County ( pl, powiat garwoliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...
(
Gmina Pilawa) and
Otwock County
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Otwock County ( pl, powiat otwocki) 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 refo ...
(
Gmina Celestynów,
Gmina Karczew,
Gmina Kołbiel
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Gmina Kołbiel is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kołbiel, which lies approximately east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw.
The gmina ...
,
Gmina Osieck,
Gmina Sobienie-Jeziory,
Gmina Wiązowna).
Within the Landscape Park are nine
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 park was designed on the border of the then voivodeships of Siedlce and the capital of Warsaw. The author of the park design was Bolesław Król. The scientific foundation was a series of master's theses carried out at the Institute of Environmental Protection at the
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
The Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( pl, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit=Main School of Rural Homestead, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including ...
under the supervision of prof. Henryk Zimny and doc. Janusz Janecki.
In June 1986, the then Provincial National Council in
Siedlce
Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated b ...
decided to establish a part of the park (approx. 25% of the area) on its territory. The park became a fact with the announcement of the resolution of the National Council of the capital city of Warsaw on its establishment in the capital areas (Official Journal of the Capital City of Warsaw No. 9 of May 9, 1988). The park was established on an area of 14 370 ha (including a protection zone of 22 193 ha).
In 2001, the park was named after Czesław Łaszek, a long-term voivodeship nature conservator who has been associated with the Park for many years.
On April 16, 2004, the Masovian Voivode established a 20-year protection plan for the park.
See also
*
List of Landscape Parks of Poland
According to the Act on Protection of Nature (''Ustawa o ochronie przyrody'') of 2004, a Landscape Park (''Parki Krajobrazowe'') is defined as "an area protected because of its natural, historical, cultural and scenic values, for the purpose of ...
Notes and references
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Masovian
Parks in Masovian Voivodeship