Puszcza Piska

The Piska ( pl. Puszcza Piska ), an area that extends over approximately 1005 km ². It was the largest forest area of the German Empire, as it is Poland 's largest forest area today. The predominant dark pine forests are widely interspersed with deciduous tree stocks. The tree population consists of 80 % coniferous trees (mainly pine and spruce ) and 20% deciduous trees ( oak, hornbeam, linden, birch, maple, beech, black and gray alder ). The animal and plant life has been preserved here in the untouched landscape in its biodiversity. Johannesburg, today Pisz was eponymous and lies on the eastern edge of the forest. In the Order period, the forest area has been deliberately allowed to stand because the Piska in the southwest, the Masurian Lake District and the Romincka Forest in the northeast a natural barrier bolt which is passable only by Lötzen on an isthmus between the Löwentinsee and the Mauersee. The proximity to the Masurian Lakes, especially the Wangelsee is located in the area and is connected to the other lakes, the area is now visited by nature lovers and water sports enthusiasts. The song East Prussia (also song on East Prussia or land of dark forests), the national anthem of East Prussia goes back to this landscape.