Puszcza Zielona ( Polish: [ˈpuʂt͡ʂa ʑɛˈlɔna] ; lit. ' Green Wilderness ' ) is a forest in Poland which extends from the Narew River and the border with the region of Masuria . It is bounded on the east by the Pisa River and on the west by the Orzyc River . The forest lies in a lowland and contains a wet sandy soil, but it is rich in various minerals which are mined.
4-543: The Green Wilderness (Puszcza Zielona) is usually associated with the White Wilderness ( Puszcza Biała ), and together the two forests are often referred to as the Kurpie Forest ( Puszcza Kurpiowska ) because the two forests were populated by inhabitants who, over the centuries retained their distinct ethnic character. Due to isolation they developed a unique culture of their own, called Kurpie . The forest
8-670: The Polish government . Puszcza Bia%C5%82a Puszcza Biała ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈpuʂt͡ʂa ˈbjawa] , White Wilderness ) is the name given to the forest that extends in Poland from Pułtusk to Ostrów Mazowiecka . It is part of the Mazovian lowlands and consists of small trees, mostly pine. The White Wilderness (Puszcza Biała) is usually associated with the Green Wilderness ( Puszcza Zielona ), and together
12-473: The linden tree and sealed with lime . Because of deliberate cutting down of forest, even though the area is not suitable for agriculture, much of the forest remains in broken patches. Villages which once housed Kurpie-style structures have now been replaced, for the most part, by more modern structures. After the Fall of Communism , portions of the forest are being preserved and protected as nature preserves by
16-419: Was first ordered colonized by Duke Janusz I of Warsaw in the first half of the 14th century by peasants and petty nobles . Colonization continued on and off subsequently, and its inhabitants, because of their isolation by living deep in a forest, developed a distinct culture. Other neighboring Poles gave them the name of kurpś , because they retained their ancient tradition of making shoes made of fibers from
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