Přírodní park Novohradské hory, Nature park in České Budějovice District, Czech Republic.
This nature park covers mountainous terrain with forests, meadows, and streams along the Austrian border in South Bohemia. Several marked trails connect the main points, including the higher peaks and natural features throughout the area.
The South Bohemian Region established the nature park by regulation 2/2003 of 30 September 2003, effective 1 January 2004. It replaced earlier regulations from the České Budějovice district office (18 December 1998) and the Český Krumlov district office (20 September 1999). In 2004 the government dropped a planned protected landscape area and instead designated the Novohradské hory Bird Area by resolution 602/2004.
The park overlaps with the Novohradsko landscape heritage zone, and its villages include Hojná Voda, Pohoří na Šumavě and Cetviny, places tied to the borderland's settlement history. The protected area also covers the national nature monument Terčino údolí near Nové Hrady, a landscaped valley laid out in the 18th century. The park's eastern edge follows the state border with Austria, where the Nordwald nature park continues on the other side.
The park's eastern boundary is the Czech-Austrian state border, where it meets Austria's Nordwald nature park. The protected area overlaps partly with the Novohradsko landscape heritage zone. It contains the Žofínský prales national nature reserve, the Terčino údolí and Hojná voda national nature monuments, and the Pohořské rašeliniště peat bog.
The park overlaps the Novohradsko landscape heritage zone and holds the Žofínský prales national nature reserve, one of the oldest reserves of its kind in Europe, plus the Hojná voda national nature monument. Its eastern boundary runs along the state border with Austria, where the Nordwald nature park continues on the other side.
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