Cedynia Landscape Park () is a

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( Landscape Park) located in north-western

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, adjacent to the German border. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor (

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) of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park covers an area of . It also has a buffer zone (''otulina'') covering . The Park lies within

West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...

, in

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

( Gmina Cedynia,

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

, Gmina Mieszkowice and Gmina Moryń). Its buffer zone also includes parts of Gmina Trzcińsko-Zdrój and Gmina Widuchowa). The Park lies on the Polish side of part of the lower stretches of the

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(Odra) river. The Park's managing authority is called ''Zespół Parków Krajobrazowych Doliny Dolnej Odry'' ("Complex of Landscape Parks of the Lower Odra Valley"). The same authority oversees the Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park, Szczecin Landscape Park and Ujście Warty Landscape Park. Within the Landscape Park are seven

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s. There are 8 nature reserves in the park: * „Bielinek” * „Dąbrowa Krzymowska” * „Dolina Świergotki” * „Jeziora Siegniewskie” * „Olszyna Źródliskowa pod Lubiechowem Dolnym” * „Olszyny Ostrowskie” * „Wrzosowiska Cedyńskie im. inż. Wiesława Czyżewskiego” * „Słoneczne Wzgórza”

External links

Website of ''Zespół Parków Krajobrazowych Doliny Dolnej Odry''

References

Cedynia Parks in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Gryfino County 1993 establishments in Poland Protected areas established in 1993 {{Poland-protected-area-stub