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Zittau Mountains Nature Park

Nature park in Saxony, Germany

Field	Value
name	Zittau Mountains Nature Park
alt_name	Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge
map	Germany
relief	yes
map_width	270
map_caption	The nature park on map of Germany
photo	Nonnenfelsen.jpg
photo_caption	Zittau Mountains Nature Park covers the German parts of the Lusatian Mountains
location	Saxony, Germany
coords
area	133 km2
established	2008
governing_body	German Federal Environment Ministry

Logo for Zittau Mountains Nature Park The Zittau Mountains Nature Park (; ) 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 113 km2 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:

Protection zone I (117 acres) includes the areas with the most valuable natural features and smaller nature parks, the Lausche and Jonsdorfer Felsenstadt.
Protection zone II (7611 acres) includes the landscape parks of Zittauer Gebirge and Mandautal.
Protection zone III (4610 acres) includes the settlement areas.

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.

Gallery

;Landscapes File:Blick von Nonnenfelsen im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A1592WI.jpg File:Blick vom Götzen Stein im Zittauer Gebirge...2H1A9284WI.jpg File:Blick von Aussichtspunkt auf den Berg Oybin in Zittauer Gebirge.2H1A9134WI.jpg File:Blick vom Berg Oybin im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A8450WI.jpg File:Blick vom Berg Oybin im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A8627WI.jpg File:Blick von Nonnenfelsen im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A1618WI.jpg File:Auf dem Weißer Stein im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A9444WI.jpg

;Scenes File:Am Wanderweg im Zittauer Gebirge..2H1A8987WI.jpg|Mixed forests File:Auf dem Weg zum Ritterbrücke im Zittauer Gebirge...2H1A8226WI.jpg|Deciduous woods File:Im Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge bei Oybin...2H1A0236WI.jpg|Conifer woods File:Naturdenkmal Kelchsteine bei Oybin..2H1A0119WI.jpg|Natural monuments (Kelchsteine) File:Oybin - Berg - Ritterschlucht 07 ies.jpg|Gorges and small canyons (Ritterschlucht) File:Stolová hora Oybin.jpg|Berg Oybin File:Dampfzug am Bahnhof Bertsdorf in Sachsen...2H1A9691WI.jpg|Old locomotive at the Bertsdorf train station

References

Official website

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