Åšrodula Park (Polish: ''Park Åšrodula'') is a
municipal park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorpora ...
in
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Re ...
, located at the end of 3 Maja Street, between the
Åšrodula
Åšrodula is a former village in Poland, now the northern district of the town of Sosnowiec, Poland.
Edward Gierek, a former leader of Poland (the 4th First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party) during the communist era, is buried there.
...
district near Norwida Street, the
Zagórze district near Blachnickiego Street, and gen. Zaruskiego Street.
The park covers an area of 10.038 hectares in developed areas, and approximately 45 hectares with adjacent woodlands lacking regular paths. The entire park is situated on a hillside (295 m above sea level),
with an artificial slope reaching a height of 319.5 m above sea level. The vast summit offers a panoramic view of the surrounding area.
At the foot of the hills, a line of old trees marks the course of an old road leading to
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, now Małe Zagórze Street. In the northeastern part, there is a small body of water. The park is covered with rows of low, trimmed shrubs and trees.
The vegetation is entirely planted, with all plantings having been established in stages after 1991.
During the winter season, the park is used for skiing and snowboarding. In the summer, it is used for
mountain biking
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,
Nordic walking
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,
mountainboarding
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, and running.
Infrastructure
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Åšrodula Ski Slope;
* Hiking and cycling paths;
* Outdoor gym;
* Street workout park for
calisthenic
Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) () is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.
Calisthenics sol ...
exercises;
* Enclosed dog run with an area of 2,340 m²;
* Enclosed wooden playground for children;
* Jordan Garden with three zones divided by age category.
History
The construction of the park as a regulated green area began in 1991
with the development of wasteland left over from the fields of a liquidated
State Agricultural Farm
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A State Agricultural Farm ( ;, PGR) was a form of collective farming in the Polish People's Republic, similar to Soviet sovkhoz and to the East German Volkseigenes Gut.
They were created in 1949 as a form of socialist ownership ...
. The trees planted then now form the basis of the park. Later, the path system was organized, where rows of trees were also planted. A playground for children was created, and the water reservoir – Florek Pond (a small pond), located in the park, was regulated and organized (drained in 2017).
Another modernization of the park was the construction of an artificial ski slope.
The slope is 50 meters high from the base. About one million cubic meters of mining waste were used for its construction. The construction and leveling of the slope was completed at the turn of 2002 and 2003.
In June 2005, a tender for the development of the park was resolved. As a result of the tender, the first lift on the lower part of the slope was created in December 2005.
In December 2006, the recreational and sports complex under the name ''
Sportowa Dolina 2'' was planned to be opened (ski lift, a specially prepared, illuminated slope, and a set of snow cannons). In 2010, the slope was taken over by the city and is now managed by the
MOSiR The Sports and Recreation Center, Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji (OSiR) is an entity dedicated to promoting physical culture, sports, and recreational activities among the residents of a particular locality, primarily in Poland. Its responsibilities in ...
(Municipal Sports and Recreation Center) in Sosnowiec.
In 2008, the modernization of the park's paths began. As part of the modernization, pedestrian and bicycle paths were created. The bicycle routes are connected to the bicycle route at Kombajnistów Street.
Further modernizations of the park include the construction of recreational and sports infrastructure in: 2012 – an outdoor gym, 2015 – a street workout zone,
and the Palma Chillout culture zone, 2018 – the Jordan Garden.
In 2018, a bicycle path was built along 3 Maja Street, connecting the park with the bicycle route at Narutowicza Street and further to Ludwik Roundabout.
References
Bibliography
Projekt budowlano – wykonawczy: Remont alejek w Parku Środula w Sosnowcu(in Polish)
External links
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Parks in Sosnowiec
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