Skaryszew Park

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Aerial view from the south. The large construction site of the Narodowy Stadium , which was completed in 2012, can be seen on the left edge of the picture . At the upper (northern) end of the park lies the elongated Kamion Lake

The Skaryszew Park (Polish name: Park Skaryszewski im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego ), specifically dedicated to the Polish composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski, is a historical landscape park in the Warsaw district of Praga Południe . It was placed under monument protection in 1973. With a size of 58 hectares , it is one of the most important parks in Warsaw. In contrast to the historical inner city parks of Warsaw, the use of Skaryszew Park is more liberal; cycling, roller skating and sunbathing are allowed.

history

Around the area of ​​today's park was one of the first settlements in Warsaw in the 11th century. The village of Kamion was here on a Vistula ridge . In the 16th and 18th centuries, elections for the king were held on the area made up of wet meadows . Between 1906 and 1922 the landscape park was laid out according to a design by Franciszek Szanior. Later it was extended northwards according to plans by Leon Danielewicz.

The park is located between what is now Kamionek and Saska Kępa . It is surrounded by the streets Aleja Zieliecka , Aleja Jerzego Waszyngtona and Ulica Międzynarodowa and to the north by Lake Kamion ( Jeziorko Kamionkowskie ).

The facility was created as a large urban recreation area with a well-developed, paved network of paths, which was suitable for the use of horse-drawn carriage traffic. The structure of the park should reflect the landscape of Poland - with small mountains, artificial waterfalls, lakes, ponds and plains. In addition to a lush rose garden, around 280 types of trees and shrubs have been planted.

The park is the most important memorial in Warsaw in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 . On the occasion of the 2011 anniversary celebrations, the US Ambassador to Poland, Lee A. Feinstein, the Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak and the Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski also appeared here .

In 2006, several beavers settled in the park . Due to the considerable damage they caused, they were transferred to the Warsaw Zoo in 2008 . In 2009 the park was awarded the title “Most beautiful park in Poland” by Briggs & Stratton , and it was also named the third most beautiful park in Europe.

Park name

Originally the park was named “Skaryszew Park” after the defunct Skaryszew-Kamion village. In the inter-war period it was renamed “Paderewski Park” in honor of the politician. In 1980 it was renamed “Skaryszew Park” again, but also dedicated to Paderewski.

Parking furniture

In the park, next to a chapel by Janusz Alchimowicz, there are some monuments, plaques and statues:

  • Bust of Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • Sculpture “Rytm” (rhythm) by Henryk Kuna (installed in 1929)
  • Sculpture “Tancerka” (The Dancer) by Stanisław Jackowski (installed in 1927)
  • Sculpture “Kąpiąca się” (The Bathers) by Olga Niewska (installed in 1929)
  • Sculpture of a faun by the artist Biernacki (installed in 1930)
  • Memorial for Edward Mandell House (erected in 1932, reconstructed in 1992)
  • Memorial to the Soviet Army “Gratitude” (erected in 1945)
  • Memorial plaque for British pilots who fell in 1944 (erected in 1988)
  • Memorial plaque for miners of the Polish Home Army
  • Memorial plaque for Polish athletes killed in World War II
  • Memorial plaque for Poles killed in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (erected in 2002)

The sculpture “Rytm” was created for the Polish pavilion, which was awarded a gold medal, at the 1925 World Exhibition in Paris. The simple chapel is reminiscent of the World Exhibition of 1937 - which also took place in Paris. This chapel served as a dead mailbox for the Polish underground movement during the occupation in World War II . Paderewski's bust is at the entrance to the park on Rondo Waszyngtona . In the middle of the main avenue that begins there is the monumental war memorial, which was erected in honor of the soldiers of the Soviet Army in 1945. There are plans to remove the monument, which is unpopular with the population, when the park is to be revitalized .

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  • Edward Mandell House

  • "The bather"

  • War memorial "Gratitude"

  • "Rhythm"

References and comments

  1. ↑ Entry from December 13, 1973 under no. 875
  2. ↑ Franciszek Szanior (1853-1945) was the chief garden architect in Warsaw
  3. ↑ Leon Józef Danielewicz (1878-1970) was a Polish garden architect and founder of the Warsaw gardening society ( Towarzystwo Ogrodniczego Warszawskiego )
  4. ↑ according to Article Park Skaryszewski najpiekniejszy w Polsce near Mmwarszawa (Moje Miasto) (in Polish)

literature

  • Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, pp. 9 and 231
  • Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś, Warsaw. The thematic guide through Poland's capital , Kamil Markiewicz (Uebers), ISBN 978-3-89728-070-0 , Schröder, Verlag für Regionalkultur, Diepholz 2009, p. 194 f.

Web links

Commons : Skaryszewski-Park  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 34 ″  N , 21 ° 3 ′ 24 ″  E