Bukowiec Palace Park, English landscape park in Bukowiec, Poland.
Bukowiec Palace Park is an English landscape park in Bukowiec, Jelenia Góra County, covering about 60 hectares. It is laid out with open meadows, groups of old trees, and ponds linked by winding paths. The paths lead to structures including a mausoleum and an exedra, a semicircular stone seat.
The park was laid out from 1785 by Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, who brought English landscape design to Lower Silesia. The estate at Buchwald (today Bukowiec) belonged to the von Reden family and later passed to the von Schaffgotsch family. Its grounds were reshaped around the palace, with views and paths linking the wooded slopes above the village.
The park's name Bukowiec comes from the beech woods that once covered the slopes, and the German name Buchwald carries the same meaning. Visitors today can still find old beeches along the paths, and the layout of open meadows against woodland follows the 18th-century English model.
The park lies in Bukowiec, about 15 km south of Jelenia Góra, and can be reached by bus or car; parking is near the entrance. Paths run over uneven ground and can be muddy after rain, so wear sturdy shoes. The grounds are large, and the mausoleum and other structures stand at some distance from one another.
The park's name refers to the beech trees (buk) that once covered the slope; the German name Buchwald carries the same meaning. Among the structures is an exedra, a semicircular garden seat or open building placed to frame a view, known in German as Exedra im Landschaftpark Buchwald.
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