The Mier Park (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

: ''Park Mirowski''), also known as the Downtown Park (

: ''Park Śródmiejski''), is an

urban 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 (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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. The park is located in the district of

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

, between Jana Pawła II Avenue, Marszałkowska Street,

Mier Halls The Mier Halls () are two identical market halls in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of North Downtown, at 1 Iron Gate Square and 1 Mier Square. They were constructed between 1899 and 1902, and remained the largest commerce location in t ...

, and the Za Żelazną Bramą neighbourhood.

Name

The Mier Park was named after the nearby

and Mier Square, which in turn were named after the Mier Barracks, built there in the 18th century. They in turn were named after

Wilhelm Mier Wilhelm Mier (c. 1680 – 13 February 1758) was a military officer, statesman, and nobleman. He was the Governor of Kraków and Sandomierz from 1715 to 1724, and the member of the Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as the Castellan o ...

, who was the commanding officer of the

Crown Horse Guard Regiment The Crown Horse Guard Regiment () was a military unit of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and then of Poland. Formed in 1717 as a dragoon regiment by Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, it was initially commanded by Colonel William Mier, a Scottish of ...

stationed there.Marian Gajewski: ''Urządzenia komunalne Warszawy. Zarys historyczny''. Waraw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1979, p. 348. ISBN 83-06-00089-7. (in Polish) It is also alternatively known as the Downtown Park (

: ''Park Śródmiejski''), due to its location in the

district, and relatively close placement to the city centre.

History

The Mier Park was opened in the 1960s. In June 1968 in the park was unveiled the moment of

Julian Marchlewski Julian Baltazar Józef Marchlewski (17 May 1866 – 22 March 1925) was a Polish communist politician, revolutionary activist and publicist who served as chairman of the Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee. He was also known under the aliase ...

, a communist politician and revolutionary, who was the chairperson of the

Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee The Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee (, Polrewkom; , ) (July–August 1920) was a revolutionary committee established during the Polish–Soviet War under the patronage of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with the goal ...

. It was deconstructed in 1990. On 21 May 2019 in the park was unveiled the

monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

Feliks Stamm Feliks "Papa" Stamm (14 December 1901, Kościan () German Empire – 2 April 1976, Warsaw) was a prominent Polish boxing coach. He is widely regarded as the father of Polish boxing, and the creator of the so-called Polish school of boxing. To com ...

, a 20th-century

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

champion. The monument was placed next to the East Hall of the

, where five Polish boxers won gold medals at the

1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships The 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 17 to May 24. The tenth edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 117 fighters from ...

. The monument was made by sculptor Lubomir Grigorov. On 2 March 2023, in the park was unveiled the

of Piotr Drzewicki who was the

mayor of Warsaw The Mayor of Warsaw (officially in ) is the head of the executive of the capital of Poland elected directly during local elections for a term of five years. Overview The first city mayor of Warsaw was Jan Andrzej Menich (1695–1696). Th ...

from 1917 to 1921.

Characteristics

The Mier Park has the form of a long and thin rectangular strip of land between Jana Pawła II Avenue and Marszałkowska Street. Its central pathway is Piotra Drzewieckiego Avenue. The park has the total area of 5.35 ha. It borders the Mier Square and

to the north, the Iron Gate Square to the north-east, and Za Żelazną Bramą neighbourhood to the south. In the park are located the

by Lubomir Grigorov, the

to Piotr Drzewicki, and the sculpture of

Mermaid of Warsaw The Mermaid of Warsaw () is a symbol of Warsaw, represented on the city's coat of arms as well as in a number of statues and other imagery. Etymology Polish ''syrenka'' is a cognate of siren, but she is more properly a fresh-water merma ...

by Ryszard Kozłowski.

Gallery

File:Pomnik Feliksa Stama w Warszawie 2019.jpg, The Feliks Stamm Monument in 2019. File:Pomnik Piotra Drzewieckiego w Warszawie 2023.jpg, The Piotr Drzewiecki Monument in 2023. File:20070204 3 Warszawa (379259750).jpg, The sculpture of

by Ryszard Kozłowski in 2007.

References

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