Pirin National Park

Pirin National Park
Location:	Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria
Surface:	40,332 ha
Founding:	1963
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The Pirin National Park ( Bulgarian Национален парк "Пирин" [ naʦiɔnalɛn park pirin ]) is located in the mountains of the same name in the extreme southwest of Bulgaria . It covers an area of around 40,000 hectares, including the highest peak of the Pirin Mountains , the 2914 m high Wichren . The park is included in the list of Natura 2000 protected areas.

description

There are 176 funnel lakes in the national park , and more mountain lakes are formed at times when the snow melts. About 80% of the area of the national park is covered with forest; there are many black pines in the woods . The European Natural Heritage Foundation ( Euronatur ) is running a project to protect wolves in the national park , including a large carnivore center.

The Bajkuschewa Mura is one of the oldest trees in the world.

Visual impressions

Existence of the large-flowered mullein in the Pirin National Park
The Gorno Wasilaschko Lake
The Bajkuschewa Mura , the oldest tree in Bulgaria

Movies

The Pirin National Park in Bulgaria. Documentary, Germany, 2005, 43:15 min., Directors: Bernd Niestroj and Jürgen Rehberg, production: MDR , arte , series: Europe's wilder east, first broadcast: June 30, 2005, table of contents by ARD , Pirin National Park in the Internet Movie Database (English).

literature

Wolf Heckenjos: Pirin National Park. Sale in nature conservation . In: National Park . No. 138 , 2007, p. 29-31 .

Individual evidence

↑ Pirin National Park in the World Database on Protected Areas

Web links

Commons : Pirin National Park - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Pirin National Park in the World Database on Protected Areas