Krajna is a forested historical region in 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...

, situated in the border area between the Greater Poland

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

 and Pomeranian

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

 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....

. The region consists of parts of Złotów, Piła, Sępólno

Sepólno County

Sępólno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central 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 Sępólno...

, Nakło, Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz County

Bydgoszcz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Bydgoszcz, although...

 and Człuchów counties, namely the urban 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...

 of Złotów, the rural gmina of Złotów and the urban-rural gminas of Krajenka

Gmina Krajenka

Gmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately south-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Wysoka

Gmina Wysoka

Gmina Wysoka is an urban-rural gmina in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wysoka, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Wyrzysk

Gmina Wyrzysk

Gmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Łobżenica, Kamień Krajeński

Gmina Kamien Krajenski

Gmina Kamień Krajeński is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Sępólno Krajeńskie

Gmina Sepólno Krajenskie

Gmina Sępólno Krajeńskie is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Więcbork

Gmina Wiecbork

Gmina Więcbork is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Więcbork, which lies approximately south of Sępólno Krajeńskie and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Nakło nad Notecią, Koronowo

Gmina Koronowo

Gmina Koronowo is an urban-rural gmina in Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koronowo, which lies approximately north of Bydgoszcz....

 and Debzno

Gmina Debrzno

Gmina Debrzno is an urban-rural gmina in Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Debrzno, which lies approximately south-west of Człuchów and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

. The name of Krajna is derived from the Slavic

Slavic languages

The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...

 word for borderland (between Greater Poland

Greater Poland

Greater Poland or Great Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznań.The boundaries of Greater Poland have varied somewhat throughout history...

 and Pomerania

Pomerania

Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

), cf. Krajina

Krajina

-Etymology:In old-Croatian, this earliest geographical term appeared at least from 10th century within the Glagolitic inscriptions in Chakavian dialect, e.g. in Baška tablet about 1105, and also in some subsequent Glagolitic texts as krayna in the original medieval meaning of inlands or mainlands...

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The main towns in the region are Złotów and Nakło nad Notecią

Naklo nad Notecia

Nakło nad Notecią is a town in northern Poland on the river Noteć with 23,687 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , and was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship...

. Since 1932, Krajna has own regional anthem

Anthem of Krajna

The Anthem of Krajna is a song whose lyrics were written by Paweł Jasiek. It is used by the inhabitants of Krajna as an unofficial anthem.The song was composed in the 1930s. The lyrics were written by Paweł Jasiek on August 25, 1932 in Olsztyn, having just returned from a visit to his hometown of...

, composed by Paweł "Krajnomir" Jasiek
Part of the region forms 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...

 called Krajna Landscape Park

Krajna Landscape Park

Krajna Landscape Park is a protected area in the Krajna region of north-central Poland. The Park was established in 1998, and covers an area of ....

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