National Park, declared in 1948, is the first national park established in Slovakia. Its foundation was the culmination of longterm efforts of nature conservationists. The first proposal to establish a national park in the Tatras was made in Poland already in 1888. In the Czechoslovak Republic the preparations took place from 1921, based on the initiatives of the Directorate of the State Forests and Estates in Liptovský Hrádok. Signing of the Krakow protocol on 6 May, 1924, which, for a certain time, solved the state border disputes about Javorina, was a significant impulse for starting Czechoslovak-Polish cooperation. By declaration of the Tatra National Park our country ranked as the 49th among the countries in the world, which, on their territories, declared national parks. The park was established by the Act of the Slovak National Council No. 11/1949 Coll. of 18 December, 1948, implemented from 1 January, 1949.