Tricity Landscape Park (; ) 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 ...

in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

( Polish Landscape Park), established in 1979, and covering the area of . The Park lies within the

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...

, in

Wejherowo County __NOTOC__ Wejherowo County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...

(

Gmina Szemud __NOTOC__ Gmina Szemud () is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szemud, which lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional ca ...

, Gmina Wejherowo). On the north side, the Park extends into the Polish forests complex called

Puszcza Darżlubska ''Puszcza Darżlubska'' () or ''Lasy Piaśnickie'' (), located in the northernmost part of Poland, is a Polish forests, Polish forests complex on the Baltic Sea, within the geographical region of ''Pobrzeże Kaszubskie''; on the south-side ...

( Darżlubie Forest or Darżlubska Wilderness), from which it is separated by the Reda river. Within the Tricity Landscape Park there are 10

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

History

The Tri-City Landscape Park was established on May 3, 1979 by a Resolution of the Provincial National Council in Gdańsk. According to this resolution, the area of the park was 20,104 ha. The area of the park was changed twice. In 1994 (with effect from 1995), the area was increased to 20,312 ha (including by including forests south of Słowackiego Street, as well as municipal forests) and its buffer zone was designated after 15 years of operation. In 1998, a forest enclave of the village of Łężyce was separated from the area of TPK, which led to a reduction of the area to 19,930 ha.

References

External links

Official website
Tricity Parks in Pomeranian Voivodeship 1979 establishments in Poland Protected areas established in 1979 {{Poland-protected-area-stub