Lower Oder Valley National Park

Floodplain meadows and wetlands along the Oder on the German-Polish border

The park covers the flat western bank of the Oder, where open levees let winter and spring water flow across wide floodplains until April. It forms the German core of an international park shared with Poland's steep eastern bank.

2Oder floodplainsLevees open in winter and spring, letting water cover the plains until April.
3Lower Odra Valley Landscape ParkThe Polish core area on the steep eastern banks of the Oder.

Things to do

  • HeritageVisit the information centre at Criewen to plan your route
  • Try thisLook for black storks, aquatic warblers and corn crakes on the floodplains
  • Try thisCome in winter or early spring to see the floodplains under water
  • Try thisFollow the Oder across the border to Poland's Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park
Oder floodplains
Oder floodplains
Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park
Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park

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Germany · Brandenburg Est. 1995 Size 103 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

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    Criewen information centre

    The park's information centre in the German part of the Oder valley.

Where it is

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