Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park (''Barlinecko-Gorzowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a

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( Landscape Park) in north-western

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, established in 1991, covering an area of . The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lubusz and

West Pomeranian Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (; ), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania, located mostly in north-eastern Germany, with a small portion in no ...

. Within Lubusz Voivodeship the Park includes parts of the districts (

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s) of Gmina Kłodawa (in

Gorzów County __NOTOC__ Gorzów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its a ...

) and Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie (in

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

). Within West Pomeranian Voivodeship it includes parts of

Gmina Pełczyce __NOTOC__ Gmina Pełczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Pełczyce, which lies approximately south-west of Choszczno and south ...

(in

Choszczno County __NOTOC__ Choszczno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pa ...

) and

Gmina Barlinek __NOTOC__ Gmina Barlinek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Barlinek, which lies approximately east of Myślibórz and south-east ...

and Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski (in

Myślibórz County __NOTOC__ Myślibórz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (a voivodeship, or province that is found in northwestern Poland along the German border). It came into being ...

). The Park has its headquarters in the town of

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (), often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów (formerly ), is a city in Geography of Poland, western Poland, located on the Warta, Warta River. It is one of the two principal cities and seats of the Lubusz Voivodes ...

. Within the Landscape Park are five

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Overview

The Gorzowska Primeval Forest, also known as the Barlinek Primeval Forest, is a large forest complex extending mainly on the outwash plain, made of 12 thousand. years ago, by the waters flowing out of a melting glacier. The surface of the sander is not flat, it is cut with gutters and depressions. The richness of the nature of the Barlinek Forest decided about the creation of the Park. The area of the Park, even though it covers only about 40% of the area of the Forest, is representative of it. Forests dominate here, covering about 81% of the area. The second important element of the landscape are numerous lakes. About 700 species of vascular plants, 140 species of lichens, and over 100 breeding species of birds have been found in the Park.

References

Landscape parks in Poland Protected areas established in 1991 Parks in Lubusz Voivodeship 1991 establishments in Poland {{Poland-protected-area-stub