Sumava was
proclaimed National park in 1991. Its surface of 69 030 hectares makes of him
the largest national park not only in Czech Republic, but also in Central
Europe. The park extends along the border German-cezh and Austrian-cezh, and in
its immediate vicinity is, on the Bavarian side, the National park of the
Bavarian Forest. The two parks form a single whole in its kind in Europe
proclaimed by UNESCO, in 1990, reserve of biosphere and called "green roof of
Europe". Its mission is to safeguard, improve and protect the most invaluable
localities, their wild and virgin nature, the animals and the plants. Another
mission not less important is to make available certain parts of the park,
without the natural environment being threatened by it. For this purpose, the
park is divided into three zones:
The 1st zone of strictly natural
protection forms approximately 13% of total surface and envelope the most
invaluable territories. The intervention of the man is reduced to the
minimum there and the entry prohibited apart from the paths. It is in this 1st
zone that we can find the oldest Czech virgin Boubin forest.
The 2nd
zone is a controlled zone and it covers 82% of the Park surface. It is used at
ends of tourism and leisures, the movement of the visitors is not limited there,
in respect of nature conservancy principles.
The 3rd marginal zone is
intended for the permanent dwelling, the services, agriculture, and economic
activities in general.
The Park extends at an altitude going from 600 to
1378 meters - it is the height of Plechy, the highest mountain of the Czech part
of Sumava. The climate is hard there, the average annual temperature is 3,5 to
6,5 degrees, and rains are very abundant there
Sumava attracts the visitors by its impenetrable
forests, its sources of water, its glacial lakes, of which most known are Cerne
- the black lake, and Certovo - the lake of devil. Other witnesses of the
glaciers of formerly - the peat bogs from which some are accessible today by
paths.
This Park is the place where the largest
Czech river, Vltava, takes its sources. On its territory also several mineral
springs and curative spout out. One of most known is Dobra voda, close to the
Saint-Günter rock where was to be, according to the legend, the holy Günter
hermitage.
Planete
Insolite will bring its assistance to the Park and will undertake an
environmental action related to the formation of new environmental guides in
order to inform the increasing number of ecotourists
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