The Transboundary Geopark Mus
Przegl¹d Geologiczny, vol. 56, nr 8/1, 2008 The transboundary Geopark Muskau Arch (Geopark £uk Mu¿akowa, Geopark Muskauer Faltenbogen) Jacek KoŸma1, Manfred Kupetz2 In times of fast pro- & Patzeck, 2004). One area, for which efforts are made to gress of globalization bring it on the list of Europe's geoparks, is the Muskau and unification, areas Arch — characterized by a rare geological structure, representing unique quali- unique natural environment and containing mining indu- ties like, for example an stry heritage. Another, very important feature of the area is exceptional geological its transboundary location. structure, deserve our The Muskau Arch area is situated in the west of the special attention. The Republic of Poland, south-west of Zielona Góra, and in the need to promote unique J. KoŸma M. Kupetz east of the Federal Republic of Germany, south-east of geological areas and Cottbus and north-east of Dresden. The region lies in a objects was underlined triangle formed by the Federal State of Brandenburg, the in 1997 during the Free State of Saxony (Germany) and the Lubusz Voivode- forum of UNESCO that ship (Poland) — Fig 1. The river Neisse cuts through the actively supports the Arch and forms the border between Germany and Poland. creation of a global The Muskau Arch extends on an area of 578.8 km2 (in Ger- network of geological many: Brandenburg 166.4 km2, Saxony 228.5 km2, and in sites by granting them Poland — the Lubusz Voivodeship 183.9 km2). The Polish status of geoparks (Eder part of the Muskau Arch has been identified in Poland since September 27, 2001, as a landscape park (Park Krajobrazo- wy) under the Polish nature conservation law.
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