Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park (Barlinecko-Gorzowski Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 (Landscape Park

Landscape Park (Poland)

A Landscape Park is the name given in Poland to a type of protected area, of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use....

) in north-western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, established in 1991, covering an area of 239.8 square kilometres (92.6 sq mi).

The Park is shared between two voivodeships

Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....

: Lubusz

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

 and West Pomeranian

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

. Within Lubusz Voivodeship the Park includes parts of the districts (gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

s) of Gmina Kłodawa (in Gorzów County) and Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie

Gmina Strzelce Krajenskie

Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland...

 (in Strzelce-Drezdenko County

Strzelce-Drezdenko County

Strzelce-Drezdenko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelce Krajeńskie, which...

). Within West Pomeranian Voivodeship it includes parts of Gmina Pełczyce (in Choszczno County

Choszczno County

Choszczno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Choszczno,...

) and Gmina Barlinek

Gmina Barlinek

Gmina Barlinek is an urban-rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Barlinek, which lies approximately east of Myślibórz and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski

Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski

Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski is a rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowogródek Pomorski, which lies approximately east of Myślibórz and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

 (in Myślibórz County

Myslibórz County

Myślibórz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship . It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

). The Park has its headquarters in the town of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

.

Within the Landscape Park are five nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

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