Zittau Mountains Nature Park Explained

Zittau Mountains Nature Park
Alt Name:Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge
Map:Germany
Relief:yes
Map Width:270
Location:Saxony, Germany
Coords:50.8861°N 14.7028°W
Area:133km2
Established:2008
Governing Body:German Federal Environment Ministry

The Zittau Mountains Nature Park (German: Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge) is a nature park in Germany, created in 2008.

The nature park comprise the German parts of the Lusatian Mountains at the borders with the Czech Republic and Poland and covers an area of 113km2 of forests, lakes, meadows and peatlands. Most of the Lusatian Mountains are in the Czech Republic, and these parts forms the Lusatian Mountains Protected Landscape Area (CHKO Lužické hory).

Protected areas

Zittau Mountains Nature Park consists of three protection zones:

Fauna and flora

There are many protected species in the park, like arnica montana, aster alpinus, drosera rotundifolia, pedicularis palustris and many orchids. The alpine shrew and many species of owl also live there.

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