Location

The bog below Zieleniec is located in the Bystrzyckie Mountains (at an altitude of about 760 meters above sea level) on the European watershed. The Bystrzyca Dusznicka River leads its waters to the Baltic Sea, and the Wild Orlica River leads to the North Sea.

Historical background

The charm of the place was recognized as early as 1919, when a nature reserve (one of the first in Germany) was established with an area of 85 hectares. In the interwar period it was expanded, building wooden piers and observation towers in the process, and by 1954 the reserve already had 160 hectares. There are speculations that the bog is a relic of the Ice Age, and its age has been estimated at 7,600 years.

Contemporaneity

The bog complex consists of three parts: northern, central and southern. The northern part has the form of an uplifted dome and the character of a raised bog. The middle one is a raised bog on the western side and a transitional bog on the eastern side. The first two constitute a charming Topielisko. The third part of the complex is the Black Bog – a transitional bog. The thickness of the peat exceeds 8 meters in places. The subsoil of the bog is formed by impermeable rocks (marls and sandstones sitting on gneisses), the terrain is almost horizontal. The headwaters of the Wild Eagle Creek flow out from the vicinity of the bog. The streams flowing through the reserve have water colored dark red. Rich peatland vegetation grows on clumps preceded by ponds.

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