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Logo - World Heritage Beech Forests
Slowakische Republik, Rozok © Michael Hornschuh
Unesco - We are Europe's Wilderness - Ancient and Primeval Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Slowakische Republik, Rozok © Michael Hornschuh
Unesco - We are Europe's Wilderness - Ancient and Primeval Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

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With its 67 hectares, this section of Poloniny National Park is the smallest Carpathian component part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The majority of beech forests grow on fertile loam and clay soils here, which support a high productivity (up to 1,000 m³/ha).

Profile

  • UNESCO recognition: 2007
  • Protected area: Poloniny National Park
  • Beech forest region: Carpathian
  • Area: 74 ha, buffer zone 1,138 ha
  • Number of component parts: 1
  • Altitudinal range: montane to high montane, sea level: NP 260 - 1,210 m, World Heritage 440 - 789 m
  • Fauna: Brown bear, Wolf, Lynx, European wildcat, Elk, European bison

Poloniny National Park – Administrative Authority
Ulica Mieru 193
06761 Stakčín
tel: +421 (0)57 762 44 24
poloniny(at)sopsr.sk