Drawsko Landscape Park (''Drawski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

( Landscape Park) in north-western

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, established in 1979, covering an area of . 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 ...

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

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Gmina Czaplinek __NOTOC__ Gmina Czaplinek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Czaplinek, which lies approximately east of Drawsko Pomorskie and east o ...

Gmina Ostrowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Ostrowice was a rural gmina (administrative district) in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat was the village of Ostrowice, which lies approximately north-east of Drawsko Pomorskie and ea ...

Gmina Złocieniec __NOTOC__ Gmina Złocieniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Złocieniec, which lies approximately east of Drawsko Pomorskie and eas ...

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

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Gmina Barwice __NOTOC__ Gmina Barwice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Barwice, which lies approximately west of Szczecinek and east of the re ...

Gmina Borne Sulinowo __NOTOC__ Gmina Borne Sulinowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Borne Sulinowo, which lies approximately south-west of Szczecinek ...

) and

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

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Gmina Połczyn-Zdrój __NOTOC__ Gmina Połczyn-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Połczyn-Zdrój, which lies approximately east of Świdwin and eas ...

). There are valuable landscape objects, lakes (the largest Drawsko), moraine embankments and erratic boulders. There are over 40 species of legally protected plants in the park, and the avifauna consists of 148 species of breeding birds (including eagles, herons, cranes, black storks, cormorants). Among the fish there are, among others pike perch, perch, eel and whitefish. Within the Landscape Park are eight

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s. Since 2012, the park has been part of the Complex of Landscape Parks of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Szczecin. In 2020, the Landscape Parks Complex of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship signed a contract for the preparation of a protection plan for the park.

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Drawsko Parks in West Pomeranian Voivodeship 1979 establishments in Poland Protected areas established in 1979 {{Poland-protected-area-stub