Nature: Janów

Nature in Janów: three forest reserves in the Janów commune, inside the Eagles' Nests Landscape Park on the Częstochowa Upland.

The Janów commune in Częstochowa County is beech and fir woodland on limestone ground. The local reserves protect stands of near-natural character, which suits visitors who value silence over entertainment.

Which reserves in Janów are worth knowing?

The Bogdaniec Nature Reserve takes in Bogdaniec and Koziarska Góra, two limestone hills with rocky outcrops. Fertile mountain beech forest and warmth-loving orchid beech forest grow here.

Bukowa Kępa is a strict reserve of 52.84 ha, created in 1995. It protects a beech forest on limestone and loess ground, kept in a state close to natural.

Kaliszak is smaller, at 14.64 ha. It is a stretch of mixed fir and pine forest with trees aged 100 to 160 years, in the Sieraków forest district near the village of Apolonka. The reserve dates from 1953.

For other green places across the region see nature in Silesia, and for the area itself things to do in Janów.

Frequently asked questions

What do the reserves in the Janów commune protect?

Mainly forests: beech woods on limestone hills, a beech forest on limestone and loess, and a mixed fir and pine forest.

Which landscape park are they in?

The Eagles' Nests Landscape Park includes the Bogdaniec and Bukowa Kępa reserves.