Szczecin Landscape Park "Beech Woods" ( pl, Szczeciński Park Krajobrazowy "Puszcza Bukowa") is a
protected area (
Landscape Park) in north-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 ...
, established in 1981 and covering an area of . Its full name refers to the dense forest known as ''Puszcza Bukowa'' ("beech forest"), which covers most of the area of the Park.
Location
The Park lies within
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was ...
, partly within the city of
Szczecin, and partly in
Gryfino County
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Gryfino County ( pl, powiat gryfiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result o ...
(
Gmina Gryfino
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Gmina Gryfino is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the Germany, German border. Its seat is the town of Gryfino, which lies approximately south of th ...
,
Gmina Stare Czarnowo
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Gmina Stare Czarnowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stare Czarnowo, which lies approximately east of Gryfino and south-eas ...
). It is composed of seven nature reserves from to in size.
UMiG Gryfino - Ochrona przyrody i krajobrazu na terenie Parku i jego otuliny
(PDF file, direct download), Gryfino.pl
History
* 1889 — the Buchheide Verein Society of the Beech Forest Lovers is established in Szczecin, headed by Friedrich Meyer.
* 1940 — the Beech Forest is under landscape protection as Landschaftsschutzgebiet.
* 1956 — establishment of the following nature reserves: "Bukowe Zdroje", "Buczynowe Wąwozy", "Kołowskie Parowy", "Trawiasta Buczyna", "Źródłowowa Buczyna", "Bukowski Wąwóz" (liquidated in 1964), "Nad Wałeckie Pond" (liquidated in 1964).
* 1959 — establishment of the "Zdroje" nature reserve.
* 1971 — approval by the State Council for Nature Conservation of the concept of establishing a landscape park.
* 1977 — the voivodship authorities adopted a draft resolution establishing the Szczeciński Landscape Park, Ińsko Landscape Park and Cedynia Landscape Park
Cedynia Landscape Park ( pl, Cedyński Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in north-western Poland, bordering Germany. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor (voivode) of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. T ...
.
* November 4, 1981 — establishment of the Iński and Szczeciński Landscape Parks Complex.
* 1991 — appointment of the Management Board of the Landscape Parks Complex in Ustowo
Ustowo (german: Güstow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołbaskowo, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.
It lies approximately south of Police and south ...
.
* 1994 — establishment of the Directorate of the Iński and Szczecin Landscape Park in Szczecin.
* 1994 — establishment of the ecological site "Klucki Ostrów" and the nature and landscape complexes "Jezierzyce" and "Forest Park in Struga".
* 1995 — establishment of the ecological site "Zgniły Grzyb".
* 2000 — establishment of the Directorate of the Lower Oder Valley Landscape Parks in Gryfino
Gryfino (german: Greifenhagen; nds, Gripenhagen; Kashubian: ''Gripiewò'') is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...
(later the DDO Landscape Parks Complex).
* 2007 — approval by the European Commission of SAC Natura 2000 "Wzgórza Bukowe" (PLH320020).
* 2008 — establishment of the "Osetno" nature reserve.
* 2008 — establishment of the Department of Local Affairs in Gryfino for RDOŚ in Szczecin.
* 2012 — establishment of the Complex of Landscape Parks of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which included the Szczecin Landscape Park "Puszcza Bukowa".
Notes and references
{{Polish protected areas
Szczecin
Parks in West Pomeranian Voivodeship