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Torfowisko pod Zielencem

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English name:
Peatbog near Zieleniec

Sudety and Przedgorze Sudeckie

Torfowisko pod Zielencem

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Landscapes and vegetation of Peatbog near Zieleniec

Peatbogs are places widely regarded as dangerous and mysterious - marshes, swamps, deep waters. For centuries they have been present in dark legends, stories, sagas. Such is Torfowisko pod Zielencem - the place both fascinating and scary, where the mechanisms of nature have worked incessantly for generations.

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Sudeten province occupies on Polish territory area of about 9.3 thousand km² (approximately 3% of area of the country). The landscape in the region... more»

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Karkonosze National Park

The Karkonosze National Park was established in 1959 to include an area of 5,510 ha. Since 1992 the Karkonosze National Park has been included into the Bilateral Biosphere Reserve Karkonosze/Krkonoše (MaB) which covers over 60,000 ha.

In 1965 a nature reserve was established to protect the unique fauna of Skalki Stoleckie.