Lower Oder Valley National Park

Lower Oder Valley National Park (German: Nationalpark Unteres Odertal)
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Map of Germany
Location	Brandenburg, Germany
Nearest city	Schwedt
Coordinates	53°03′0″N 14°16′0″E / 53.05, 14.26667
Area	105 km²
Established	1997
Governing body	Nationalparkverwaltung Hoher Fläming

The Internationalpark Lower Oder Valley (German part of the core area: Nationalpark Unteres Odertal; Polish part of the core area: Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Dolnej Odry) is a common German-Polish nature reserve. It comprises the western banks of the Oder river within the Uckermark district in Brandenburg as well as the eastern (Polish) banks further north. The area is 165 km² (Germany 105 km², Poland 60 km²); together with adjoining nature reserves in Germany and Poland the total area is 1,172 km². By decision of the German-Polish Environmental Council in 1992 the German, Polish and Brandenburg Environmental Ministers as well as the Voivod of Szczecin created the International Park Lower Oder Valley.

Rare animals in the region include the Black Stork, the Aquatic Warbler, the Corncrake, the European Otter and the European Beaver.

See also

• List of landscape parks of Poland

External links

• Tourism Association (German)

National parks of Germany
North Germany: Hamburg Wadden Sea • Jasmund • Lower Saxony Wadden Sea • Müritz • Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea • Western Pomerania Lagoon Area Central Germany: Eifel • Hainich • Harz • Kellerwald-Edersee • Lower Oder Valley • Saxon Switzerland South Germany: Bavarian Forest • Berchtesgaden

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