Silesian Park


Silesian Park is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis at a border of Chorzów and Katowice in Silesia, Poland.
Its formal name is "General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation", 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:

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