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Bohemian Switzerland National Park

National Park

Bohemian Switzerland National Park is a national park in the sandstone country of the northern Czech Republic, established in 2000. It covers about 79 square kilometers and is known for its distinctive sandstone rock formations, lying across the border from Germany's Saxon Switzerland National Park. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
2000 2
Area (sq km)
79.2776 2
Governing Body
Správa ochrany přírody 1
IUCN Category
II 2
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Czech national park administration 1
Sources
1. Bohemian Switzerland (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Bohemian Switzerland (Czech: České Švýcarsko; German: Böhmische Schweiz), also known as Czech Switzerland, is a nature region in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the northwestern Czech Republic, protected as a national park. It has been a protected area (as Elbe Sandstone Mountains Protected Landscape Area) since 1972.
  • Article text
    The headquarters of the national park authority is located in Krásná Lípa, and there are information offices in Hřensko and Jetřichovice.
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2. Bohemian Switzerland National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata item Q3491338
    P31 protected-area class match, verified by search+class allow-list
  • Part Of: Czechia, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Bohemian Switzerland National Park
Wikidata Q3491338, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Czechia
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Czech Republic, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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