Parks in Łódź
The city of Łódź has numerous parks with a total area of 23.78 km². The oldest parks are Piłsudskiego, Poniatowskiego, Źródliska, Mickiewicza and 3 Maja .
Parks in the Śródmieście district
- Stanisław Staszic Park is a small park between Narutowicza and Jaracza streets.
- Stanisław Moniuszko Park is also a small park located between Narutowicza, Kilińskiego and POW streets . It used to be called Kolejowy and was one of the city's first public parks.
- Henryk Sienkiewicz Park is located between Kilińskiego and Sienkiewicza Streets . It has an area of 5.2 hectares. The western part is in the style of the baroque parks , the eastern part in the style of English landscape gardens . The building of the natural science museum and an art gallery are located on the site. It was built in 1896 under the direction of Teodor Chrząński and Piotr Hoser, after the city's magistrate had decided to create the park two years earlier. Since markets had previously taken place on the site, over a thousand trees and almost 5,000 bushes had to be planted. It was opened three years after work began as Mikołajewski Ogród Miejski . In 1916, the year Henryk Sienkiewicz died, the park was given its current name. In the 1990s the park, the sculptures and the fountain were restored and a second playground was created.
- The Jan Matejki Park is bordered by Narutowicza and Matejki Streets and has an area of only 2.5 hectares. It is laid out as a baroque park with a fountain in the north and rose borders in the central part. It was opened as a private park in 1924 and was intended to be a small copy of Versailles , but the plans to build a palace were never realized. In 1938 the city acquired the park and opened it to the public.
Other large green spaces are the site of the shooting club "Strzelec" between the streets Traugutta and Kilińskiego , as well as on the road POW and the square Komuny Paryskiej .
Parks in the Polesie district
- The Józef Pilsudski -Park located between the streets Al. Unii , Krakowska and Krzemieniecka and is crossed by Konstantynowska Street . Not far from the park is the Retkinia settlement . The 187.3 hectares form the largest park in Łódź and are also one of the largest parks in Europe. It houses the zoological and botanical gardens, an amusement park, the Polesie Konstantynowskie reserve and various sports facilities. The first plan to create a park at this point dates back to 1904, but it was never implemented. It was laid out in small steps from 1919 to 1939. During socialism, the park was called Park Ludowy na Zdrowiu, Park Kultury i Wypoczynku (People's Park for Health, Culture and Recreation Park). The Polesie Konstantynowskie reserve was established in 1930 and is one of the oldest in Poland. The zoo has an area of 16.4 hectares. Among other things, bisons , kangaroos , antelopes , lions , tassels , fish and many more can be found here . It was founded in 1938 and at that time had an area of 8.9 hectares. In 1950 the site was expanded to 16.4 hectares. The start of construction of the Orientarium is planned for 2019, which will encompass around half of the zoo area and will be dedicated to many representatives of the aquatic and land-based fauna of South and Southeast Asian habitats. The Botanical Garden covers an area of 0.64 square kilometers, on which about 3,500 plants can be found. Originally, Professor Jan Muszyński laid out a garden of 1.3 hectares for medicinal herbs, which then expanded to about 6 hectares. The garden was later expanded and on July 20, 1973 the garden in its current size was opened to visitors.
- The Prince Poniatowski Park is located between street Parkowa, Mickiewicza, Włókniarzy and Żeromskiego and has an area of about 41.2 hectares. The park was laid out from 1904 to 1910 as Ogrodu przy ul. Pańskiej (garden at Pańskiej Street, today Żeromskiego ). In July 1912, the mayor of Łódźs issued an order that only permits officers, civil servants or people with a special permit from the mayor to enter the park. In 1917 the park got its current name. In the 1920s, the villa in the park was the seat of the mayor. In 1938 a memorial for Stanisław Moniuszko was erected in the park, but it was destroyed a year later when the Wehrmacht invaded . After the end of the world war, two military cemeteries for the Red Army and the Polish fighters were laid out in the park. In 1955 a concert space was created.
Furthermore, there is the Park Prince Klepacza at the avenue Politechniki and greenery Linkego in the street Żeromskiego and one near the place Hallera .
Parks in the Górna district
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- The Sielanka Park is located between Pabianicka and Cieszkowskiego streets and covers an area of about 4.7 hectares. The park has two fish ponds, which were repaired in 1999 and which are supplied by the city's water pipes. There is also a playground and a small hill, which is used for sledding in winter, in the park. In addition to table tennis, football can be played on a sports field in the south of the square. The park originally consisted of two parks, the recreation park and the palace park Ferdinand Königs , who had it laid out in the 19th century.
- The Park juliusz słowacki has an approximately triangular shape of the roads Politechniki , Pabianicka and Cieszyńska is formed and includes an area of 5.1 hectares. The park has a children's playground, a basketball court and tables for table tennis and chess. Not far from the park flows the Jasień River , on which there was a mill, whose owner, Mr. Reich, created a small park at the end of the 19th century. At that time the river was crossed by numerous canals, which were fed by the river, which is why it was called Venice ( Wenecja ). A plaque at the north entrance on which Park Wenecja im reminds us of this name . J. Słowackiego stands. Until 1933 the park was private and could only be entered against admission. A contract was then signed and the city owned the park four years later, giving it its current name. During the Second World War it was renamed the Dwarf Park . Shortly after the war, all the canals were filled in and the park no longer has any bodies of water.
- The Park Władysław Reymont is from the streets Piotrkowska , Przybyszewskiego and Milionowa limited and has an area of about 6.3 hectares. Its pond is adjacent to the White Factory , which is now the seat of the Textile Museum. The park was built in the 19th century.
- The Park Legionów is very angled to the streets Pabianicka, Doroty, Bednarska, Sanocka, Żółkiewskiego to find and has an area of 12.4 hectares. Originally the park was divided into two parks, Park Hibnera in the north and Park ZUS in the south . The park got its current name in 1994. There is a children's home and a kindergarten in the park. The former palace is now used by the registry office and since 2005 a sports facility of the Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji "Angelica" ( Eng .: Center for Sports and Recreation "Angelica" ) has been located here. There are also four pedunculate oaks , protected as natural monuments , with a circumference of up to 3.8 m, and two red oaks with a circumference of 2.5 and 2.95 m.
- The first parts of Park Hibnera were built around 1888 at the palace of the manufacturer Ernst Leonhardt . In 1905, Leonhardt, Woelker & Girbardt Aktiengesellschaft acquired additional land that was intended for the shareholders and was laid out by German gardeners. During the Second World War, the area was used by the Germans as a workshop. After the war, the park, which was in poor condition, was rebuilt and opened to the public.
- The ZUS park was laid out from 1932 to 1934 by the well-known Łódź architect Stefan Rogowicz on the ZUS residential area (Zakładu Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, German Social Insurance Institution). In the north of the plant there are some Caucasian wing nuts .
- The Park Skrzywana located between street Piękna, Rejtana, Felsztyńskiego and the avenue Politechniki and has an area of about 7 hectares. Officially he is nameless and he is therefore partly given the name of the street Skrzywana , which, however, does not directly border on him. In the park there is a children's playground, a sports field and a toboggan hill. The site was originally a Protestant cemetery that was laid out at the end of the 19th century. It was closed at the end of the 1950s and the remaining graves were moved to the cemetery on Sopockiej Street in 1980 . In 2002 plans to create a park on the site of the former cemetery were announced. However, the beginning of the work dragged on and the park was not completed until the end of 2005.
- The Park of May 1 ( site 1-go Maja ) is located between the streets and Patriotyczna Głębinowa. It includes Lake Stefański , where you can go rowing or sailing. In addition to walks, the park is also open to riders and cyclists. Sports events also take place here regularly.
Other parks are: Dąbrowski , Rudzka Góra , na Młynku (by the mill), the park on Leczniczej Street and other small green spaces.
Parks in the Bałuty district
- The Helenów Park has an area of around 16.7 hectares, mainly covered with deciduous trees such as oak, linden, maple and chestnut. Isolated conifers such as pines and larches can also be found on the site. The park was laid out in the mid-19th century and was opened to the public at the end of the century. In 1946 the park was nationalized and renamed 19 Stycznia (January 19), the day the Red Army marched into Łódź. From 1995 to 1999 the park was extensively modernized, among other things the paths and the water system were improved, a playground was created, and the fencing was repaired again. In 2000 the park was expanded a little. Today the park is called Helenów .
- The Park Szarych Szeregów located between street Głowackiego, Staszica, Plater, Górnicza, Marysińska and Boya-Żeleńskiego and has an area of 15 hectares. It was built on part of the former Jewish ghetto . The park was created 1961-1946 and was named Promieniści. For this purpose, old buildings were demolished and the area partially straightened. In the south a swimming pool, a volleyball and badminton court, a kindergarten and an artificial ice rink were built. In the years 2004 to 2005 the park was renewed. Among other things, the avenues were re-laid and the square in front of Pomnik Pękniętego Serca was paved and the monument was renovated.
- In the park there is a neglected monument in memory of the Promieniści resistance group who fought against the National Socialists during the occupation in World War II . The inscription, which is now difficult to read, reads: hołdzie bohaterskim bojownikom łódzkiej organizacji młodzieżowej, w dwudziestą rocznicę walk z hitlerowskim okupantem, park ten zostaje nazwany imieniem Promienistych. Harcerze Chorągwi Łódzkiej 1963 r. (German: In memory of the heroic fighters of the Łódź youth group in twenty battles with the occupiers of Hitler, the park was named Promieniści. The Łódź Boy Scouts 1963).
- Another monument is the Pomnik Martyrologii Dzieci (Monument to the Martyrdom of Children) also called Pomnik Pękniętego Serca (Monument to the Broken Heart). The more than 500 murdered children of the Poland youth detention center in Litzmannstadt are remembered here. The foundation stone was laid on September 13, 1969 and bears the inscription Niech przekaże przyszłym pokoleniom nasze wspólne wołanie: nigdy więcej wojny, nigdy więcej obozów (May our reputation warn future generations: never again war, never again camp). The actual memorial was erected on May 9, 1971 and has the shape of a broken heart, about 8 meters high, with an emaciated boy standing in the crack. On a memorial stone in front of the heart stands Odebrano Wam życie, dziś dajemy Wam tylko pamięć ( your life was taken, today we only give you the memory).
- The park in. Adama Mickiewicza is located between Zgierska, Karłowicza, Palmowa and Jaworowa streets and covers an area of 46.5 hectares. The park has a rich tree population, the oldest trees are around 200 years old, 20 trees are recognized as natural monuments. There is a concert stage in the immediate vicinity of the park. There is also a soccer field and a toboggan hill in the park. Most likely, there was a wooden castle on the site of the park in the Middle Ages, later the settlement there was one of the estates of a nobleman . At the beginning of the 19th century, Stanisław Strzałkowski became the owner of the site. At the end of the 19th century, the manufacturer Juliusz Heinzel acquired the property and he was also the namesake for the original name of the park, Park Julianowski . In 1890 he had an imposing palace built in the Renaissance style on a hill in the southern part. Later on, additional paths and bridges were laid out and fountains were built. A number of exotic trees were also planted, but they can no longer be found in the park today. In 1938, the city of Łódź bought the palace after the business went bad and had to be sold. The aim was to create a regional museum there. During the Second World War , the palace was badly damaged and therefore demolished by the National Socialists. The park also saw other major changes. The avenues were relocated and the pond was partially filled up. After the war, the park fence was removed and sports facilities were built in the northeast. An exercise tower for parachutists was built at a point where there was no tree growth. The pond was redesigned to get the look it had possessed in the 1850s, and the park as a whole was enlarged.
- The Ocalałych Park (Park of Survivors) is located south of Wojska Polskiego Street in the immediate vicinity of the former Litzmannstadt ghetto and covers an area of around 8.5 hectares. The Łódka River, which usually runs underground, flows through the park. The park is the youngest in the city; it was only laid out on August 30, 2004 during a major commemorative event for the 60th anniversary of the dissolution of the ghetto. The initiative for this came from Halina Elczewska , a survivor of the ghetto. She also planted the first “memory tree” in memory of what she went through. Another 363 trees were planted by other survivors. Further work on the park should be completed in 2006.
Other parks are Struga Andrzeja , Staromiejski , Żeromskiego , Małogoskie Pole , Kielecki , Andresa , Piastowski , Hipotecznej and the green areas Olszynka Grochowska and on Sucharskiego street .
Parks in the Widzew district
- The 3rd May Park ( Park im. 3 Maja ) is located between Kopcińskiego, Małachowskiego, Niciarniana streets and is bordered by a railway line to the south. Oaks and beeches grow on its approximately 23.5 hectares. The park was founded in 1915 on the area of the forest area left by industry and was then about three times its current size, among other things because trees were felled for firewood during the First World War . In 1922 a playground and a sports field were set up, and another six years later an artificial pond was created. In 1955 numerous constructions were carried out in the park, with about 100 large oak trees being felled.
- The Rozrywkowy Park is located in the eastern part of the May 3rd Park , between the Konstytucyjna streets that separate the two parks, Niciarniana and Małachowskiego, and is bordered by railroad tracks in the south. Its total area is 18.7 hectares, including a children's playground, table tennis tables and a basketball court. The park was only created in 1970, making it one of the youngest in the city.
- The Park Zrodliska consists of two parks, which are simply numbered in I for the Eastern 10.6 hectares and II for the Southern with 6.6 hectares and are the oldest parks Łódź. They are located between Piłsudskiego, Przędzalniana, Fabryczna and Targowa streets . In the southwest of the park there are three lakes and in the largest there is a small island. There are also small houses and a palm house. The two parks were created in 1840 as Ogród Spacerowy (Sparziergarten) and were more of a forest than a systematic park. Above all, alder , beech , oak, linden and spruce grew here . The problem with the park was that, like the rest of the city, it was very swampy. There were two main walks that met in the center of the park. At the end of the 1840s, benches were set up in the park, bridges were built, two small arbors were built, and gardeners were commissioned to look after the park. About a decade later the park was divided into a west and an east part and the western part was acquired by Scheibler . At the end of the 1860s there was no city treasury for the maintenance of the remaining eastern part, renamed Kwela or Quelle , and therefore leased it. The northern part was then used as a shooting range for a rifle club from 1813 until 1905. From the end of the 1880s Scheibler was the tenant of the remaining part of the park. There he built a stage on which the orchestra of his factory played at festivals. In 1892 the first exhibition took place in the park, on the occasion of which 20 pavilions were prepared, the paths were widened, and some trees and bushes were removed. In 1906 Scheibler's lease for the park part expired and the park was fenced off by the city, a house for the park workers was built and the shooting range, which was no longer in use, was removed. In the 1920s, the park was completely rebuilt according to the concept of E. Ciszkiewicza and received the appearance that it still largely bears today. New paths and ponds were created, a small botanical garden and a playground were built and new fencing was put in place. During the Second World War, the park fence was removed and parts of the trees were removed. The Museum of Cinematography has been located in the former Scheibler Palace on the edge of the park since 1986.
- The Park nad Jasieniem (park on Jasień) is located between street Rydza-Śmigłego, Zbiorcza and Tymienieckiego and has an area of 13.0 hectares. In the south of the park flows, underground, the eponymous river Jasień, which also feeds the pond. Despite the construction of a playground and maintenance work on the park, it is very bright and spacious, which is why it is called a pole (field) by the residents and makes a "wild" impression. So there are no paved avenues, only well-trodden paths instead. The town received the land from the bishop in 1823 and leased it in the following years. During the period of Łódź's economic boom, four mills were in operation here and on the adjacent Jasień River; Księży Młyn , Lamus, Araszt and Wójtowski . In 1870 the site came to the factory owner Scheibler, who already owned 1/6 of the town, and had a manor built on it. It was not until 1964 that a park was created on the now unused area. During this time the settlement of Zbiorcza was created, which is why the park was called Park przy Zbiorczej (Park next to Zbiorczej).
Other parks are Widzewski , Podolski , Kilińskiego , General Zaruskiego (formerly Krasickiego or Na Stokach), Górka Widzewska and the park on Zapolskiej Street .
References
literature
- Mowszowicz, Jakub (Ed.): Parki Łodzi. Łódź 1962.
Web links
Commons : Parks and Gardens in Łódź - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Footnotes
- ↑ Kobojek, Grażyna, Łódź - Kalendarium XX wieku , Łódź 2002, p. 18