Qafë Shtama National Park

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Parku Kombëtar Qafë Shtama
Qafë Shtama National Park (Albania)
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Coordinates: 41 ° 31 '14 "  N , 19 ° 53' 53"  E
Location: Durrës Qark , Albania
Specialty: Pine forest with a spring
Next city: Kruja
Surface: 20 km²
Founding: 1996
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The Qafë Shtama National Park ( Albanian  Parku Kombëtar Qafë Shtama , in German National Park on the Shtama Pass ) is located in the foothills of Albania north of Tirana , around 25 kilometers east of Kruja . It has an area of ​​2000 hectares, the majority of which consists of a beautiful mountain landscape with black pine forests, a few small lakes and important springs. The national park was established in 1996.

The name of the park translates as Shtama Pass . The unpaved road from Kruja to Burrel , which runs through the park, crosses the mountains at around 1250 meters. There is a small hotel not far from the pass. A workers' rest home from communist times, in which lung patients could recover, has fallen into disrepair.

Maja e Liqenit (left) and Qafë Shtama (middle right) seen from the Dajti

To the north of the pass road lies the majority of the park, mainly undeveloped mountainous terrain with forests dominated by pines, beeches and oaks . The black pines are up to 20 meters high and 60 years old - one of the most important occurrences in Albania. The forests offer retreats for brown bears , wolves , foxes and various birds, but are in fact not protected from illegal deforestation . The highest points to which it rises steeply to the north from the pass are the Maja e Liqenit (1724 meters) and the secondary peak Maja i Rjepat e Qetkolës (1686 meters). In the north-west and south, the area drops into deep stream valleys. In the south, the park borders the Dajti National Park .

The most important water source is called Kroi i Nënës Mbretëreshë ( German  source of the Queen Mother ), which is known for its clean, clear and healthy water. The legend connects the spring with the Albanian royal family , who allegedly had water supplied from this spring every day after tests by a laboratory in Vienna in 1932 marked it as the best water in the country. Zogu, who came from the Mat region on the east side of the pass, owned a piece of land on the pass and is said to have had a villa built up here. The water is also collected here and brought to a bottling station a little further down at the park entrance. The mineral water produced here is sold nationwide under the Qafshtama brand.

Removal of the table water via the new access road

On April 29, 1997, a serious accident occurred in an underground bunker on the east side of the Shtama Pass. A lot of ammunition and weapons were stored in the tunnels during the communist era and were dismantled in the 1990s. As a result of the collapse of the state order , various people tried to sell the broken down metals on their own account, with less and less caution being exercised. As a result, there was an explosion in the tunnel. 23 people were killed, including many young people from a nearby village.

Web links

Commons : Qafë Shtama National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ The word Queen Mother is likely to refer to Sadije Toptani, Ahmet Zogu's mother, and not to Geraldine Apponyi , his wife, who first visited Albania in 1937, as stated in the description of the source's story on the website of Qafshtama Water . Nëna Mbretëreshë is a common name for the king's mother, cf. Gazmend A. Bakiu, Nikolla Xharo (Ed.): Zogu I Mbreti i Shqiptarëve - Zogu I King of Albanias . ILAR, Tirana 2004, ISBN 99927-907-7-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rrjeti i zonave të në mbrojtura Shqipëri. (No longer available online.) In: Ministria e Mjedisit. March 2014, archived from the original on September 5, 2017 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mjedisi.gov.al
  2. ↑ a b c Jochen Blanken: The Shtama Pass, Qafë Shtama . In: Albanian notebooks . No. 2 , 2010, ISSN  0930-1437 , p. 31 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Afërdita Elezi (ed.): Guida e Natyrës Shqipare . Merkatino, 2010.
  4. ↑ Black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) Resources in Albania. In: FAO . May 2001, accessed June 2, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Florian Baba (ed.): Linja e Gjelbër Shqiptare . Blue Agency, Tirana 2009.
  6. ↑ Shtam Pass National Park. In: National Tourism Agency. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Screw You, Google Earth! In: A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court. April 26, 2011, accessed June 2, 2011 .
  8. ↑ EHW Qafshtama Commercial. In: YouTube. January 22, 2010, accessed June 2, 2011 (Albanian).
  9. ↑ a b History and Properties. In: Qafshtama Water. Retrieved June 2, 2011 .
  10. ^ Maison Royale d'Albanie. Article from “Gazeta Shqiptare” dated February 5, 2003. Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Albanian).
  11. ↑ Qafe Shtama, "Gerdeci i pare" mes kujtimit te dhimbjes. In: Top Channel . April 27, 2011, accessed June 2, 2011 (Albanian).
  12. ^ Albanian Telegraphic Agency: Business of Bronze Casings - Cause of Explosion in Military Base. In: Hellenic Resources Network. April 30, 1997, accessed June 2, 2011 .