Border Meanders of the River Oder

Since 1998, WWF Poland and the municipality of Krzyżanowice have been working together to preserve and protect the Oder's boundary meanders. In 2004, the Silesian Governor declared these areas of special natural value a protected landscape area. This area encompasses numerous meanders of the Oder River, as well as riparian land, including meadows and fragments of floodplain forests. The meanders of the Oder River in the area of the municipality of Krzyżanowice between Chałupki and Zabełków are unique, as they contain rare plant communities protected on a European scale.