Silesian Park

Silesian Culture and Recreation Park
Silesian Culture and Recreation Park
	Japanese Garden within Silesian Park
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Type	Urban park
Location	Chorzów, Upper Silesia, Poland
Area	620 hectares (1,532.1 acres); 6.2 square kilometres (2.4 sq mi)
Created	1950s/1960s
Status	Open all year
Website	www.parkslaski.pl

Silesian Park (Polish: Park Śląski) is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis in Chorzów in Upper Silesia, Poland.^[3]

Its formal name is "General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation" (Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku im. gen. Jerzego Ziętka, abbreviated WPKiW), named after Jerzy Ziętek, a Silesian politician who headed the 1950s initiative to create this park. It restored an industrially devastated piece of land in the middle of a highly urbanized area. It is managed by WPKiW S.A..

The area of the park is 620 hectares. By comparison, it's almost twice as big as Central Park in New York.

In addition to the extensive green area, the following are located in the park:

Silesian Stadium
Silesian Zoological Garden
Silesian Planetarium
Silesian Amusement Park
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
Katowice International Fair Grounds
Stadium of GKS Katowice
Shooting range
a swimming-pool complex
a water sports center
tennis courts
the rose garden
The Technical Progress Centre
a hotel complex, the Polish Tourist' Society and the Polish Scouts' Association district centers, restaurants, cafés and show pavilions where flower shows and other exhibits are held.

Gallery[]

The Dinosaurs Valley in Silesian Zoological Garden (reconstructions of prehistoric reptiles)
One of the many sculptures within Silesian Park

External links[]

(in Polish) Website Park
(in Polish) Website Silesian Planetarium
(in Polish) Gallery (photo)

Annotations[]

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Coordinates: 50°17′14″N 18°59′28″E / 50.287296°N 18.991199°E / 50.287296; 18.991199

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