Park Budoucnost, Urban park in Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic.
Park Budoucnost is a large green space in Havlíčkův Brod with walking paths, wooden gazebos, and connected ponds along a stream. The grounds offer different areas to explore and places to rest.
The Budoucnost beautification society was founded on 9 May 1886 to build a large municipal park. Its forerunner was Štěpánčiny sady, laid out on 10 May 1881 for the marriage of Crown Princess Stéphanie of Belgium and Crown Prince Rudolf; the society bought these gardens in 1889. A municipal forest between Svatá Trojice and Kalvárie formed the second base, and further plots were bought until the park reached 25 ha.
The park holds several memorials tied to Czech cultural figures: Bohumil Kafka's 1924 statue of Karel Havlíček Borovský, a 1929 bust of Bedřich Smetana by Julius Pelikán, a 1937 bust of Havlíček's mother Josefína by Vlasta Dohnalová, and a memorial to Miroslav Tyrš. Štáflova bašta and the Church of the Holy Trinity also stand on the grounds.
The park lies directly in the city and is freely accessible, crossed by many small paths. A yellow hiking mark runs from Rubešovo náměstí to Prokop Holý Street, and a green mark from the Kotlina winter stadium past Rantejch pond to Chotěbořská Street. Cycle routes 4153 and 4157 pass along Štáflova bašta.
The park's four ponds are named Cihlář, Rantejch, Hastrman and Obora, and the Cihlářský stream flows through them. The educational trail Naucna stezka Park Budoucnost – Vlkovsko starts at Cihlář pond and continues to the village of Knyk.
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