Tricity Landscape Park (''Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a

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 ena ...

in northern

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 ...

( Polish Landscape Park), established in 1979, and covering the area of . The Park lies within the

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 ...

, in

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, 199 ...

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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-w ...

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 cover ...

). On the north side, the Park extends into the Polish forests complex called

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 ''Pob ...

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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, P ...

Forest or Darżlubska Wilderness), from which it is separated by the Reda river. Within the Tricity Landscape Park there are 10

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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 the park was changed twice. In 1994 (with effect from 1995), the area was increased to 20,312 ha (including by including forests south of Słowackiego Street, as well as municipal forests) and its buffer zone was designated after 15 years of operation. In 1998, a forest enclave of the village of Łężyce was separated from the area of TPK, which led to a reduction of the area to 19,930 ha.

Notes and references

Strona oficjalna Parku (The Park's Official Website)
Tricity Parks in Pomeranian Voivodeship {{Poland-protected-area-stub