Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy

	Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
	The Vistula in the area of the Landscape Protection Park
location	Lublin , Poland
surface	149.74
Geographical location	51 ° 20 ' N , 21 ° 59' E Coordinates: 51 ° 19 '35 " N , 21 ° 59' 29" E
Sea level	200 m
Setup date	April 27, 1979
particularities	Former World Heritage candidate , Lösshohlwege

The Kazimierz Landscape Protection Park (Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy) is a nature reserve of the Landscape Protection Park category in the Lublin Voivodeship , Poland .

It takes its name from the small town of Kazimierz Dolny , which became famous for its Renaissance buildings and attracts 1.5 million tourists annually. The park is located on the territory of various municipalities in powiat Puławski and powiat Opolski . The park administration is located in the city of Lubartów .

The landscape protection park was founded on April 27, 1979; since an expansion it has an area of 149.74 km² and a buffer zone of 246.44 km². The Kazimierz Dolny- Janowiec - Nałęczów region was on the tentative list of World Heritage in Poland from 1993–1996 .

There are two nature reserves in the park. A reserve includes the 62.3 hectare Krowia Wyspa (Cow Island) in the Vistula. It protects a breeding ground for oystercatchers , sand and little ringed plover , lapwing , steppe , Schwarzkopf and gulls , river and little terns .

A second nature reserve is the 39.7 hectare Skarpa Dobrsk. In this valley in the south of Kazimierz Dolny, you can observe geological formations as well as rare plants and animals. For example, it is a place of retreat for the bio-indicator and cultivator Fetthennen-Bläuling , which is on the red list of endangered species in Germany .

The wildlife of the park also includes the European pond turtle , which can be found in the Plewka Valley. The area around Kazimierz Dolny is rich in loess pathways .

Island in the Vistula
Skarpa Dobrsk
“Valley of the roots” hollow path in the loess
European pond turtle

Web links

Commons : Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

The park on the official site of the protected landscape parks in the Lublin Voivodeship (Polish)

Individual evidence

^ Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy. (Polish, on an archived website)

[1] Kazimierski Park Krajobrazowy. (Polish, on an archived website)