Śnieżnik Landscape Park (''Śnieżnicki Park Krajobrazowy'') 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 1981, and covering an area of . It is located in the Snieznik Mountains and the Golden Mountains, two shorter mountain ranges in the Eastern

Sudetes The Sudetes ( ), also known as the Sudeten Mountains or Sudetic Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince of the Bohemian Massif province in Central Europe, shared by the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. They consist mainly of mountain rang ...

, along the border with the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It is part of the

Krkonoše/Karkonosze Transboundary Biosphere Reserve The Krkonoše/Karkonosze Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Czech: , Polish: ) is a MAB transboundary biosphere reserve, mixed mountain and highland system designated by UNESCO as '' Krkonoše/Karkonosze Mountains'' in 1992. It is shared by the Cze ...

, mixed mountain and highland system, bearing UNESCO designation. The Landscape Park takes its name from the highest peak in the range, , which forms a triangle with (similarly sounding) Śnieżka, as well as Ślęża peaks, further apart, connected by a red hiking trail only for qualified tourists.

Location

The Śnieżnik Landscape 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

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

(

Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka __NOTOC__ Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka, which lies approximately south of Kłodzko, ...

, Gmina Kłodzko, Gmina Lądek-Zdrój,

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

, Gmina Stronie Śląskie) and Ząbkowice Śląskie County ( Gmina Złoty Stok). Within the Landscape Park are five

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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snieznik Landscape Park Landscape parks in Poland Parks in Lower Silesian Voivodeship 1981 establishments in Poland Protected areas established in 1981