Saxon garden
| Saxon garden | |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Warsaw |
| Created | 1713-1733 |
| Newly designed | after 1945 |
| Surrounding streets | ul.Królewska (south-east), ul.Marszałkowska (south-west) |
| Buildings | Fountains, reservoirs, playgrounds |
| use | |
| User groups | Foot traffic ; leisure |
| Technical specifications | |
| Parking area | 157,600 m² |
The Saxon Garden (Polish Ogród Saski ) is a park in Warsaw , built at the turn of the 18th century, and part of the Saxon Axis . The garden was connected to the west of the Saxon Palace, which was almost completely destroyed in the Second World War . Its south-western edge connects to the tomb of the unknown soldier , which was installed in the arcades of the palace in the 1920s. At the other end of the garden begins the Warsaw district of Za Żelazną Bramą (Behind the Iron Gate) , which was named after the garden's destroyed western gate ( Żelazna Brama ).
history
The garden was laid out in Baroque style between 1713 and 1733 at the instigation of the Saxon-Polish King August II the Strong from the House of Wettin . In 1727 the king released the garden for use by the population, which was the first time in Poland. The planner Enrico Marconi created a pond in the middle of the 19th century, a water reservoir in the form of the Temple of Vesta from Tivoli and a large fountain (1855). The 21 allegorical sandstone sculptures displayed in the park were mostly created in the workshop of Johann Georg Plersch . They show the four seasons, the sciences and the arts.
In 1846 the Institute for Mineral Water was opened in the Saxon Garden.
In the 19th century the garden was transformed into an English landscape park. During the time of the German occupation, Marszalkowska Street was moved more towards the park and its area was thus reduced.
After the Second World War , the Warsaw city administration had the Saxon Garden restored on a smaller area. Numerous objects in the park such as the Temple of Vesta and the fountain have been reconstructed, in contrast to buildings such as the summer theater and the Brühl Palace . The Hotel Brühl on the north side of the pond was also not rebuilt after the war. Since 2007 a computer has been controlling the flow of water and the evening lighting of the large fountain.
planting
There are magnificent trees in the park, the oldest is estimated to be 250 years. Three natural monuments are identified: a ginkgo , a chestnut and a poplar .
On September 1, 2014, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising , gardeners planted a columnar oak right on the eastern edge of the park .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Explanation board for the Saxon Garden in the entrance area of Krolewska ul. (English); As of June 2015.
- ↑ Information board directly in front of the tree
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 26 ″ N , 21 ° 0 ′ 31 ″ E