Horský park
The Horský park (German mountain park ) is a 22 hectare city park in the Staré Mesto district in the Slovak capital Bratislava . It is located roughly between the streets Búdkova, Hroboňova, Lesná, Novosvetská and Francúzskych partizánov, at an altitude of between 185 m nm and 260 m nm. Despite the geographical proximity to the center of the city, the park still has largely original flora and fauna.
The park was laid out in 1868 at the instigation of the then mayor Heinrich Justi, in the existing beech and oak forest, in the style of an English park. The care was taken over by the Pressburg Beautification Association . In addition to the paths, benches and other park architecture, the association had 25 panels set up in 1907 with excerpts from the poems of important poets in the then Kingdom of Hungary. The original tree species were later joined by z. B. yew, ginkgo, linden, fir and exotic pines. Originally the park reached as far as the Slavín hill .
In the center of the park you will find the Justi monument, which was made in 1908 by the Bratislava sculptor Alois Rigele . Alois Rigele also designed the monument to the botanist Johann Andreas Bäumler, which adorns the entrance from Nekrasovova Street. A popular attraction is the renovated forester's house with a garden, playground and café.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '28 " N , 17 ° 5' 26" E