Drawieński National Park - Drawieński Park Narodowy

Bory Tucholskie National Park - Polish national park located in the north Poland, is located in three voivodeships: Lubuskie, Zachodniopomorskie and Wielkopolskie. The park was established in May 1990, and the headquarters is located in Drawnie.

Characteristic

The park is located in north-western Poland, on the Drawa Plain, in the Drawska Forest complex. Its grounds are located on the premises Strzelce-Dresden County, Choszczno, Walecki and Czarnków-Trzcianecki. Its area is 115.4 km², and the buffer zone around the park is 352.7 km². This park is therefore the eighth largest in terms of the area occupied in Poland and the seventh youngest.

Forests in the Park cover 83% of the area. Most of them are beech and oak-beech forests, as well as pine forests. Moreover, 10% of the water area of ​​the Park is covered by lakes and rivers. The main rivers are: Drawa and Płociczna. Lakes: 20 water reservoirs, including the Black Lake, unique on a national scale. The largest lake is Ostrowiec.

Drive

By plane

There are no airports in the vicinity of the park. The nearest one is located in Glewice (Szczecin-Goleniów Airport), about 120 km from the village of Głusko, and the second is located in Biała Błota near Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz-Szwedrowo Airport) and is located about 170 km east of the aforementioned town. Access by car from the first takes less than 2 hours, and from the second two and a half.

By car

Like most of these areas, the park is isolated from busy communication routes. The main roads in the vicinity of the park are DW 175, running i.a. through Drawno and Choszczno. The second one is DW 177. The largest route in the region is national road 22, which can be reached from Kostrzyn, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Wałcza if Chojnic.

History

The most interesting facility in the park, the "Kamienna" hydroelectric power plant, was built in 1903 on the site of the former carbide factory. The construction of this facility is a very important point in the history of the park, due to the fact that the development of Głusk began from there. This town is now the seat of the forest inspectorate and one of the main tourist bases of the park. At the end of the interwar period, the region's system of fortifications of the Third Reich, known as the Pomeranian Wall, was established. One of the objects in this strip has been preserved in relatively good condition and can be visited, close to the stop at Lake Deaf.

The beginnings of nature protection in the region and the activities of foresters can be found at the end of the 1960s. At that time, specialists noticed the unusual microclimate of the region, they noticed flora and fauna rare for this part of Poland. In the years 1978-79, members of the Provincial Committee for Nature Conservation (WKOP) in Gorzów Wielkopolski, together with the League for Nature Conservation, submitted an application to establish the Drawieński National Park on the basis of the "Drawa" and "Radycin" reserves. Their activities began to be implemented administratively a little later, and in 1984 the park project was created, and in 1990 it was officially established.

Worth seeing

In the park

• Nature reserves: Forest Springs, Mszary Tuczyński, Stary Załom, Torfowisko Konotop, Peat bog Osowiec, Wydrowe Łęgi, Sicienko,
• Half-timbered houses and the ruins of the church in Ostrowit
• Hydroelectric power plant, church and bridge in Głusk
• Old Wegornia on the Płociczne river
• Manor buildings in Podegrodzie
• Bunker on Lake Głuchym
• Erratic boulder near Rogoźnica
• Boulder in Grabowy Ravine

In Drawno

The city is located almost 10 km from the park. The main attractions of the town are the ruins of a gothic castle, market square, church and museum.

Nearest neighborhood

• Tuczno
• Człopa
• Drawno
• Bierzwnik
• Dobiegniew
• Stare Osieczno

Active tourism

The park allows its visitors to spend time through various activities. One of them is walking, for which numerous trails and paths have been created. There are also horseback trips or canoeing trips on Korytnica and Drawa. Anglers will find the northern shore of the Sitno Lake and the western shore of the Ostrowieckie Lake, where fishing piers and Drawa (from Drawno to the "Kamienna" power plant) are located. All payments, map or ticket purchases, information about the park or the surrounding area are provided by the tourist information in Drawno and Głusk.

Accommodation

• The campsite of the DPN Pstrąg - Moczele
• Campsite DNP Barnimie - Barnimie
• Cottage Martew - Martew 21
• Bogdanka - Bogdanka Field Station
• Agritourism Zacisze - Zatom41, tel. 721 504 421
• Hotel Myśliwski Nadl. Drawno - Borowiec, tel. 95 768 24 12

tourist information

Drawieński National Park Tourist Information Point - Głusko 8, 66-522 - tel. 95 761 38 20

Tourist Information Point at the Education and Tourism Center of the DPN - ul. Kolejowa 20, Drawno tel. 95 768 2395

The fee for 1 day of fishing is PLN 8.00. A stay with an overnight stay at one of the several campsites in the park costs from 10 to 20 PLN per night. When purchasing any tickets or accommodation, you must have an ID card, passport or, in the case of children, a school ID. Families with a Large Family Card are exempt from high fees.