Park Boženy Němcové, park/forestpark, Karviná - Fryštát, Karviná District, Czech Republic
Park Boženy Němcové covers 0.36 km² in Fryštát, making it Karviná's largest park. The Mlýnka, an artificial mill stream and tributary of the Olše, runs through it. A lime avenue and a chestnut avenue survive from its founding, along with two protected trees: a plane tree and an ash. The park also holds a lake in its western part, a summer house now a restaurant, the Larisch-Mönnich family tomb, the Larisch pavilion, a fountain with putti and a dolphin, a gamekeeper's house, a dairy, and a castle riding hall.
The park was established in 1804 following a rebuild of Fryštát Castle in the Empire style, using English garden principles with natural-looking trees and winding paths. Over time it served as an enclosure for deer, housed stables and bathhouses, and hosted hunting events, including one attended by Crown Prince Rudolf in 1877.
The park bears the name of Božena Němcová (1820–1862), the Czech writer, and since 1992 it has been listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Its former name, Zámecký park (Castle Park), recalls its link to Fryštát Castle. The deer enclosure, now a small zoo with fallow deer, roe deer and birds, and the children's playground built in the style of a Slavic hillfort are among the features that give the park its local character.
The park is open all year with no entry fee. The Mlýnka stream, an artificial mill channel feeding the Olše, runs through it, and a lake lies in the western part. A summer house now serves as a restaurant, and the former deer enclosure is a small zoo with fallow deer, roe deer and birds. A children's playground is built in the style of a Slavic hillfort.
The park holds two individually protected trees, the Platan and the Jasan, both listed as memorial trees. Its deer enclosure, once a hunting preserve where a hunt took place in 1877 with Crown Prince Rudolf present, now keeps fallow deer, roe deer and birds as a small zoo corner. The children's playground is built in the style of a Slavic hillfort.
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