WILLKOMMEN IN KROATIEN

WILLKOMMEN IN KROATIEN

Bevor Sie sich entschließen, nach Kroatien zu kommen, wäre es gut, sich in Erinnerung zu rufen: Hauptstadt Zagreb, mehrheitlich sehr gläubige römisch-katholische Bevölkerung, Fahne - rot-weiß-blau, Schachbrettwappen mit roten und weißen Feldern, das altkroatische Flechtwerk (die häufigste Verzierung); Währung: Kuna und Lipa; Besonderheiten: der in Europa selten gewordene Gänsegeier aus der Welt der Fauna und die Degenia velebitica, eine endemische Art der kroatischen Flora.Außerdem sollten Sie wissen, dass Kroatien 8 Nationalparks, mehrere Parkwälder und Naturreservate verschiedener Art hat: natürliche, landschaftsgärtnerische, geologische und botanische Gärten - Arboreten. Über das ganze Land verstreut finden wir eine Vielzahl von Kulturdenkmälern aus allen geschichtlichen Epochen. Kroatien war in seiner langen Geschichte vielen verschiedenartigen Einflüssen ausgesetzt. Die Kroaten verstanden es jedoch in dieser bewegten Zeit, von jedem der vielen wechselnden Herren das Beste zu nehmen und sich zu Nutze zu machen. Kroatien ist wegen der Vielfalt der Natur, aber auch wegen vieler anderer Elemente ein Land der Kontraste. Vermischt sind Elemente der Epik und Lyrik, sowohl aus der Vergangenheit als auch aus der Gegenwart.Ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des kroatischen Tourismus ist der in Kroatien gut entwickelte und weit verbreitete Camping-Tourismus.Indem man sich an die Anforderungen des Campingpublikums anpasste, wurde eine touristische Kultur und Professionalität der freundlichen Gastgeber im Umgang mit den Gästen entwickelt. Gute Organisation, ständige Ergänzung der Campingplätze durch spezielle Objekte und ein gutes Angebot, locken immer mehr Gäste an. Dadurch wurden ein Renommee und ein Image Kroatiens als ideale Camping-Destination geschaffen.So gibt es auf den Campingplätzen, von Savudrija bis Dubrovnik, ein angepasstes Angebot. Im natürlichen Ambiente wird durch Sport, gesunde Ernährung, Ausübung von Hobbys, für die es im beruflichen Alltag wenig Zeit gibt, ein Gleichgewicht hergestellt. Die Segnungen der Sonne, des Wassers und der Luft werden maximal genutzt, man lebt in und mit der Natur, in einer sauberen und gesunden, also ökologisch intakten Umwelt. Dieser Übersicht wurde aufgrund neuester Angaben und Untersuchungen hergestellt. Er wird dem treuen und zahlreichen, internationalen Campingpublikum empfohlen, und behandelt Orte und Destinationen, die besonders diese Form des Tourismus pflegen und sich bemühen den Ansprüchen des Campingpublikums immer mehr gerecht zu werden. Hiermit wenden wir uns auch an die Campinganfänger - die neue Generation. Ihnen wird Einblick in über hundertfünfzig Campingplätze gewährt - eine wahre Fundgrube für Jugendliche aus aller Welt.Nationalpark Plitvice - Plitvicka jezera - Plitvicer Seen in Kroatien

Willkommen in der grünen Schatzkammer Kroatiens: Die Plitvicer Seen.

Türkis glitzernde Wasserflächen im Sonnenlicht. Tosende Stromschnellen und spektakuläre Waserfälle. Eine unendliche Vielfalt von Pflanzen und Tieren. Und eine einzigartige Naturlandschaft aus 16 großen und kleinen Seen, die wie Perlen an einer Kette aufgereiht sind. Die Plitvicer Seen sind aus gutem Grund nicht nur der größte, sondern auch der älteste und bekannteste Nationalpark in Kroatien - und als eine der ersten Landschaften weltweit zum UNESCO Weltnaturerbe erklärt worden. Durch ein einzigartiges Klima zwischen Adriaeinfluss und Bergluft, durch die Lage im Schutze stolzer Gipfelketten und durch das in dieser Form einzigartige Phänomen der Travertin-Barrieren, die sich über Jahrtausende durch Kalkablagerungen gebildet haben, ist hier ein wahres Naturparadies entstanden, das sich bis heute weitestgehend bewahrt hat: Hier existieren noch immer alle Tierarten, die schon vor dem Menschen rund um die Seen zu finden waren. Viele der Pflanzen und Tiere sind an keinem anderen Ort außerhalb des Naturparks zu finden. Die atemberaubende Natur mit ihren zahlreichen Schauspielen lockt jedes Jahr etwa 900.000 Besucher in den Nationalpark. Zu den prominentesten Gästen gehörten wohl Pierre Brice und Lex Barker. In den 60er Jahren wurden die See- und Wasserfallszenen von Winnetou I sowie große Teile von Winnetou II und III vor der einzigartigen Naturkulisse gedreht: Der "Schatz im Silbersee" versank in Wirklichkeit in einem der Plitvicer Seen. Kroatien ist ein junges und selbständiges, demokratisches Land mit einem Meer, welches den Ländern Mitteleuropas am nächsten liegt. Seine stark gegliederte Küste ist fünftausend Kilometer lang und ihr sind über tausend Inseln vorgelagert. Auf Sie wartet ein Land, welches die geografischen und klimatischen Elemente des Mittelmeeres, Mitteleuropas, der Pannonischen Tiefebene, des Donaugebietes (Podunavlje), bewaldeter und hügeliger Regionen sowie hoher Gipfel und Gebirgshänge, die sich bis zur einzigartigen und unvergesslichen Adriaküste absenken, in sich vereint.

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