Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy

	Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
	Jezioro Linówek in the Landscape Park
location	Podlaskie , Poland
surface	63.38 km²
Geographical location	54 ° 12 ' N , 22 ° 55' E Coordinates: 54 ° 12 '21 " N , 22 ° 54' 46" E
Setup date	January 12, 1976

The Suwalken Landscape Protection Park (in Polish: Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy ) is a nature reserve in the Landscape Protection Park category in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland .

The name of the protected area is derived from the city of Suwałki , the seat of the powiat and a rural community of the same name. The park is located in the far north-east of Poland in the Suwalski powiat in the area of the Jeleniewo , Przerośl , Rutka-Tartak and Wiżajny municipalities . The administration of the landscape protection park is located in Turtul in the Malesowizna Schulzenamt of the Jeleniewo rural community.

The reserve was founded on January 12, 1976 and today has an area of 63.38 km² and a buffer zone of 86.17 km². The park comprises 24% forest, 60% arable land, 10% water, 4% moorland and 2% traffic routes and buildings. There are four nature reserves in the park. (As of 2018)

The reserve is crossed by the 142 kilometer long Czarna Hańcza river , which flows into the Memel . The 297 kilometer long Szeszupa has its source in the landscape protection park. Lake Hańcza is the deepest lake in Poland with a depth of around 108 meters. There are 25 lakes in the landscape protection park.

The 256 meter high Góra Cisowa ( (location) ) is also known as “Suwalska Fudżijama” because of its characteristic shape. It is also shown on the park's logo and is a lookout point from which you can see almost the entire area of the park. 54.251361 22.909778

Nature reserves

Surname	Area (hectares)	Establishment (year)	location
Jezioro Hańcza	304	1963	(Location)54.266667 22.816667
Głazowisko Bachanowo nad Czarną Hańczą	0.98	1972	(Location)54.235278 22.791389
Głazowisko Łopuchowskie	15.88	1988	(Location)54.259167 22.836667
Rutka	49.06	2001	(Location)54.216667 22.833333

Landscape park logo
Góra Cisowa
View from Góra Cisowa
evening atmosphere

literature

J. Radziejowski (Ed.): Obszary chronione w Polsce . Warszawa 1996. ISBN 83-85805-29-X .
Grzegorz Rąkowski: Polska egzotyczna. Cz. 1 . Pruszków 1999. ISBN 83-85557-63-6 .

Web links

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

Official Site of the Landscape Park (Polish)
Suwałki Landscape Park (English)